Look up: Telomerase

1. telomerase
   [n] - an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide
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2. 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 ...
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3. 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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4. 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 sequence...
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5. telomerase
   noun an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide
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6. 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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7. 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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8. Telomerase
   The enzyme that directs the replication of telomeres.
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9. telomerase
   Type: Term Pronunciation: tel-ō′mĕ-rās Definitions: 1. 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 preservat...
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10. telomerase
    An enzyme in cells that helps keep them alive by adding DNA to telomeres (the ends of chromosomes). Each time a cell divides, the telomeres lose a small amount of DNA and become shorter. Over time, the chromosomes become damaged and the cells die. Telomerase helps keep this from happening. Cancer ce...
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11. Telomerase
    `Telomerase` is an enzyme that adds DNA sequence repeats ("TTAGGG" in all vertebrates) to the 3` end of DNA strands in the telomere regions, which are found at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. This region of repeated nucleotide called telomeres contains non-coding DNA material and preve...
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