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Identification of human TERT elements necessary for telomerase recruitment to telomeres.
eLife - 1 Oct 2014
Schmidt Jens C, Dalby Andrew B, Cech Thomas R
Abstract excerpt
Human chromosomes terminate in telomeres, repetitive DNA sequences bound by the shelterin complex. Shelterin protects chromosome ends, prevents recognition by the DNA damage machinery, and recruits telomerase. A patch of amino acids, termed the TEL-patch, on the OB-fold domain of the shelterin component TPP1 is essential to recruit telomerase to telomeres. In contrast, the site on telomerase that interacts with...
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