Telomerase regulatory subunit Est3 in two Candida species physically interacts with the TEN domain of TERT and telomeric DNA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 20370-20375

  Yen, Wei Feng ^a   Chico, Lidia ^a   Lei, Ming ^b   Lue, Neal F ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN EST3; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CROSS LINKING; ENZYME SUBUNIT; LODDEROMYCES ELONGISPORUS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; LODDEROMYCES ELONGISPORUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84855500292     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017855108     Document Type: Article

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