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Inhibition of telomerase recruitment and cancer cell death.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Nov 2013
Nakashima Mai, Nandakumar Jayakrishnan, Sullivan Kelly D, Espinosa Joaquín M, Cech Thomas R
Abstract excerpt
Continued proliferation of human cells requires maintenance of telomere length, usually accomplished by telomerase. Telomerase is recruited to chromosome ends by interaction with a patch of amino acids (the TEL patch, for TPP1 glutamate (E) and leucine (L)-rich patch) on the surface of telomere protein TPP1. In previous studies, interruption of this interaction by mutation prevented telomere extension in HeLa...
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