In vitro reconstitution of the active T. castaneum telomerase

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 53, 2011, Pages

  Schuller, Anthony P ^a   Harkisheimer, Michael J ^a   Skordalakes, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Issue 53; Molecular Biology; Protein expression; Purification; RNA isolation; Telomerase; TRAP

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355131600     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2799     Document Type: Article

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