Multiple DNA-binding sites in Tetrahymena telomerase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1260-1272

  Finger, Sharon N ^a   Bryan, Tracy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RNA BINDING; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA PRIMERS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 40249118478     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm866     Document Type: Article

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