Telomerase RNA: Structure, Function, and Molecular Mechanisms

Telomerases: Chemistry, Biology, and Clinical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 23-51

  Tzfati, Yehuda ^a   Chen, Julian J L ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active telomerase RNP complex or assembly activation stem loop; Telomerase RNA, changes in conformation, interactions; TERs and pseudoknot template domain, in telomerase catalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886139460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118268667.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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