The RNA accordion model for template positioning by telomerase RNA during telomeric DNA synthesis

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1371-1375

  Berman, Andrea J ^a   Akiyama, Benjamin M ^b   Stone, Michael D ^b   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EUKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 82955237444     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2174     Document Type: Article

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