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Reconstitution of a telomeric replicon organized by CST
13 Jul 2022
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Abstract Telomeres, the natural ends of linear chromosomes, comprise repeat-sequence DNA and associated proteins 1 . Replication of telomeres allows continued proliferation of human stem cells and immortality of cancer cells 2 . This replication requires telomerase 3 extension of the single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) of the telomeric G-strand ((TTAGGG) n ); the synthesis of the complementary C-strand ((CCCTAA) n ) is...
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