Single-stranded DNA repeat synthesis by telomerase

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 643-648

  Collins, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TETRAHYMENA;

CATALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; EUKARYOTA; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 80053570152     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.07.011     Document Type: Review

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