Single-molecule imaging of telomerase reverse transcriptase in human telomerase holoenzyme and minimal RNP complexes

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue OCTOBER2015, 2015, Pages

  Wu, Robert Alexander ^a   Dagdas, Yavuz S ^a   Yilmaz, S Tunc ^a   Yildiz, Ahmet ^a   Collins, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOENZYME; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TELOMERE;

CELL LINE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OPTICAL IMAGING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84946599716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.08363     Document Type: Article

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