Tissue-specific alternate splicing of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) influences telomere lengths during human development

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Direct genetic manipulations have shown that telomerase-mediated telomere elongation plays a key role in determining cellular replicative capacity and senescence. The mechanisms regulating the production of an active telomerase enzyme are still predominantly unknown, although roles for transcriptional control of hTERT, alternative-splicing of hTERT transcripts, and post-translational phosphorylation of hTERT...

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