Mechanisms of telomerase-dimer catalysis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 512-523

  Czerlinski, George ^a   Ypma, Tjalling ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical relaxation; Cooperative behavior; Rapid mixing; Telomerase; Two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

DIMER; TELOMERASE;

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MODELING; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIMULATION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; CATALYSIS; HIV; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 38049036807     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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