A trans-spliced telomerase RNA dictates telomere synthesis in Trypanosoma brucei

Cell Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 537-551

  Sandhu, Ranjodh ^a   Sanford, Samantha ^b   Basu, Shrabani ^b   Park, Mina ^b   Pandya, Unnati M ^a   Li, Bibo ^a   Chakrabarti, Kausik ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

noncoding RNA; telomerase; telomere; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SPLICING; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84876413702     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2013.35     Document Type: Article

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