Look up: Telomerase

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   telomerase
   [n] - an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide
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   Telomerase
   Telomerase: An enzyme concerned with the formation, maintenance, and renovation of telomeres, the ends of chromosomes. Telomerase regulates the proliferative capacity of human cells. Telomerase activation plays a critical role in the progression of cancer as well as in normal somatic cells. Failure to activate sufficient telomerase promotes disease ...
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   telomerase
   (= telomere terminal transferase) A DNA polymerase with rather unusual properties that will only elongate oligonucleotides from the telomere and not other sequences. The enzyme contains an essential 159 residue RNA sequence that provides a template for the replication of the G-rich telomere sequences (so that the enzyme could in fact be considered a reverse transcriptase).
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   telomerase
   <enzyme, molecular biology> A DNA polymerase with rather unusual properties that will only elongate oligonucleotides from the telomere and not other sequences. The enzyme contains an essential 159 residue RNA sequence that provides a template for the replication of the G rich telomere sequences (so that the enzyme could in fact be considered ...
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   telomerase
   noun an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide
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   Telomerase
   `Telomerase` is an enzyme that adds specific DNA sequence repeats (`TTAGGG` in all vertebrates) to the 3' (`three prime`) end of DNA strands in the telomere regions, which are found at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. The telomeres contain condensed DNA material, giving stability to the chromosomes. The enzyme is a reverse transcriptase that carries its own RNA molecule, which is used as a template when it elongates telomeres, which are shorte...
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   telomerase
   (tә-lo´mәr-ās) a DNA polymerase involved in the formation of telomeres and the maintenance of telomere sequences during replication.
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   telomerase
   (from the article `cancer`) ...by oncogenic expression or tumour suppression activity. In cells undergoing malignant transformation, telomeres do shorten, but, as the crisis ...
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   telomerase
   A reverse transcriptase comprising an RNA template, which acts as a die for the TTAGGG sequence, and a catalytic protein component that is not found in normal, aging somatic cells. Telomerase mediates the repair or preservation of telomere regions (terminal sequences) of chromosomes.The aging process that takes place in normal somatic cells, and th...
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    Telomerase
    The enzyme that directs the replication of telomeres.
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    telomerase
    The enzyme that maintains the ends of chromosomes by catalysing for the synthesis of telomeres. Unlike many other enzymes, which are made of only proteins, telomerase also contains RNA – a nucleic acid like DNA but that has only a single strand.
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