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Telomerase-independent cell survival in Arabidopsis thaliana.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Sept 2005
Watson J Matthew, Bulankova Petra, Riha Karel, Shippen Dorothy E, Vyskot Boris
Abstract excerpt
Telomerase is the reverse transcriptase responsible for the maintenance of telomeric repeat sequences in most species that have been studied. Inactivation of telomerase causes telomere shortening and results in the loss of the telomere's protective function, which in mammals leads to cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis. Experiments performed on Arabidopsis thaliana mutants lacking telomerase activity revealed their...
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