The protein subunit of telomerase displays patterns of dynamic evolution and conservation across different metazoan taxa

The protein subunit of telomerase displays patterns of dynamic evolution and conservation across different metazoan taxa

Abstract Background Most animals employ telomerase, which consists of a catalytic subunit known as the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and an RNA template, to maintain telomere ends. Given the importance of TERT and telomere biology in core metazoan life history traits, like ageing and the c...

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Main Authors: Alvina G. Lai, Natalia Pouchkina-Stantcheva, Alessia Di Donfrancesco, Gerda Kildisiute, Sounak Sahu, A. Aziz Aboobaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Telomerase
TERT
Evolution
Alternative splicing
Planarian
Metazoa
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-0949-4

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