Structure of active dimeric human telomerase

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 454-460

  Sauerwald, Anselm ^a,b   Sandin, Sara ^a,c   Cristofari, Gaël ^b,d   Scheres, Sjors H W ^a   Lingner, Joachim ^b   Rhodes, Daniela ^a,c  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; POLYHISTIDINE TAG; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CATALYSIS; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; WILD TYPE;

DIMERIZATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE;

COLEOPTERA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 84876170469     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2530     Document Type: Article

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