Identification and characterization of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe TER1 telomerase RNA

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-42

  Webb, Christopher J ^a   Zakian, Virginia A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOENZYME; PROTEIN EST1P; PROTEIN TRT1P; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE RNA TER1; TELOMERASE RNA TLC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CELL AGING; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; RNA, FUNGAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 37849049354     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1354     Document Type: Article

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