Telomerase caught in the act: United we stand, divided we fall

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1139-1143

  Gallardo, Franck ^a   Laterreur, Nancy ^b   Wellinger, Raymund J ^b   Chartrand, Pascal ^c  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Live cell imaging; MS2 GFP; Rif1; Rif2; Telomerase; Telomeres; TLC1 RNA; Yeast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868127624     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.21498     Document Type: Review

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