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Telomerase, also
called terminal transferase, is a
ribonucleoprotein that adds a species-dependent
telomere repeat sequence to the 3' end of telomeres...
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Telomerase reverse transcriptase (abbreviated to TERT, or
hTERT in humans) is a
catalytic subunit of the
enzyme telomerase, which,
together with the telomerase...
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Telomerase RNA component, also
known as TR, TER or TERC, is an
ncRNA found in
eukaryotes that is a
component of
telomerase, the
enzyme used to
extend telomeres...
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developmental biology in
October 2020.
Greider discovered the
enzyme telomerase in 1984,
while she was a
graduate student of
Elizabeth Blackburn at the...
- Salk
Institute for
Biological Studies. In 1984,
Blackburn co-discovered
telomerase, the
enzyme that
replenishes the telomere, with
Carol W. Greider. For...
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discovery of how
chromosomes are
protected by
telomeres and the
enzyme telomerase.
During DNA replication, DNA
polymerase cannot replicate the sequences...
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activate telomerase more than any
other known compound yet discovered: 8.8-fold. This
exceeds the
activation by
other known telomerase activators:...
- Greider, and Jack
Szostak in the 1980s led to the
successful discovery of
telomerase (the
enzyme responsible for
maintaining telomere length) and a better...
- to
telomerase, an
enzyme that
repairs long
repetitive sections of DNA
sequences at the ends of chromosomes,
referred to as telomeres.
Telomerase is expressed...
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Retroelements not
elsewhere classified Retron Diversity-generating
retroelement Telomerase reverse transcriptase Reverse transcriptase-related
cellular gene Ribozyme...
