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Science 1 September 1995:
Vol. 269. no. 5228, pp. 1267 - 1270
DOI: 10.1126/science.7544492

Articles

Science, Vol 269, Issue 5228, 1267-1270
Copyright © 1995 by American Association for the Advancement of Science


articles

Functional characterization and developmental regulation of mouse telomerase RNA

MA Blasco, W Funk, B Villeponteau, and CW Greider

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY 11724, USA.

Telomerase synthesizes telomeric DNA repeats onto chromosome ends de novo. The mouse telomerase RNA component was cloned and contained only 65 percent sequence identity with the human telomerase RNA. Alteration of the template region in vivo generated altered telomerase products. The shorter template regions of the mouse and other rodent telomerase RNAs could account for the shorter distribution of products (processivity) generated by the mouse enzyme relative to the human telomerase. Amounts of telomerase RNA increased in immortal cells derived from primary mouse fibroblasts. RNA was detected in all newborn mouse tissues tested but was decreased during postnatal development.


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