Figure 4b demonstrates how telomerase works. Telomerase binds to the G-tail of the telomere through the RNA template, and it then catalyzes the extension of the G-tail. Only one extension cycle is ...

Other essential cellular pseudoknots have been described in telomerase RNA and transfer messenger RNA. Future research into pseudoknots will focus on structure–function relationships and ...

Continually proliferating cells maintain adequate telomeres through the action of the reverse transcriptase telomerase. Telomeres are important to human health because dysregulation of either telomere ...

Speaking of humans, earlier this year, researchers at Stanford University used RNA injections to stimulate telomerase in human cells. During the initial tests, the RNA therapy reversed the ...

Subsequent work by Blackburn and Greider identified that enzyme, which is now known as telomerase, and showed that it was composed of both a protein and a molecule of RNA that serves a template for ...