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Telomerase

Known as: Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase, Reverse Transcriptase, Telomerase, Telomerase [Chemical/Ingredient] 
An enzyme in cells that helps keep them alive by adding DNA to telomeres (the ends of chromosomes). Each time a cell divides, the telomeres lose a… 
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DNA Nucleotidylexotransferasenucleotidyltransferase

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TERT protein, ArabidopsisTERT protein, humanTelomerase Catalytic SubunitTert protein, mouse

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2014
2014
Eimeria tenella: 14-3-3 protein interacts with telomerase
Telomerase, consisting of telomerase RNA and telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), is responsible for the maintenance of the… 
2013
2013
Stem cell therapeutics for cancer
Contributors vii Preface xi Section 1 Introduction 1 1 Stem Cell Sources and Their Potential for Cancer Therapeutics 3 Khalid… 
2013
2013
Characterization of Cholesterol Homeostasis in Telomerase-immortalized Tangier Disease Fibroblasts Reveals Marked Phenotype Variability*
Background: The reason for the variability in degree of atherosclerosis in Tangier disease remains poorly understood. Results… 
2006
2006
Telomerase Activation in Human Hepatocarcinogenesis
Active telomerase is present in the majority of malignant human tumors, including most cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC… 
2006
2006
Dynamic alteration of telomerase expression and its diagnostic significance in liver or peripheral blood for hepatocellular carcinoma.
AIM To investigate the dynamic alteration of telomerase expression during development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
8 Telomerase-independent Telomere Maintenance in Yeast
Prior to identification of telomerase, recombination was considered a possible mechanism for telomere maintenance (see Chapter 1… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
V. N. Anisimov, Molekulyarnye i fiziologicheskie mekhanizmy stareniya(Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms of Aging), St. Petersburg: Nauka, 2003, 468 pp. [in Russian]
The increased proportion of elderly persons in the global population and the unprecedented growth of life expectancy during the… 
2002
2002
Telomerase inhibition and telomere loss in BEL-7404 human hepatoma cells treated with doxorubicin.
AIM To study the effects of doxorubicin on telomerase activity and telomere length in hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS… 
2000
2000
Development of a condemned mucosa syndrome and pathogenesis of human papillomavirus-associated upper aerodigestive tract and uterine cervical tumors.
  • M. PillaiM. Nair
  • Experimental and molecular pathology (Print)
  • 2000
  • Corpus ID: 36076119
High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of many squamous carcinomas… 
1998
1998
Flexible Positioning of the Telomerase-Associated Nuclease Leads to Preferential Elimination of Nontelomeric DNA
ABSTRACT In addition to a reverse transcriptase activity, telomerase is associated with a DNA endonuclease that removes… 
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