Coordinated DNA dynamics during the human telomerase catalytic cycle

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Parks, Joseph W ^a   Stone, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; PRIMER DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE RNA; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BIOASSAY; CATALYSIS; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TELOMERE;

BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84902440664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5146     Document Type: Article

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