A telomere is a region found at the end of each cell chromosome. From Wordnik.com. [NaturalNews.com] Reference
At the end of each chromosome is a marker called a telomere, which usually appears only on the ends. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
A telomere is a region of repetitive DNA at the end of a chromosome, which protects the end of the chromosome from deterioration. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Length of biological marker linked to cancer] Reference
They discovered an enzyme that can produce telomere DNA. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Presentation Speech] Reference
In these instances there is no immediate telomere problem. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge] Reference
Both ends of normal, unbroken chromosomes have a normal telomere. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge] Reference
The telomere is just one of them and likely not the most dominant. From Wordnik.com. [Aging Ills Reversed in Mice] Reference
You know, what is it that keeps you so interested in the telomere?. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth H. Blackburn - Interview] Reference
Obviously the telomere is being maintained by some other mechanism. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: March 2006 Archives] Reference
The human telomere is a hexamer TTAGGG repeated thousands of times. and. From Wordnik.com. [Modern humans may have inherited some Neanderthal genes - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Two ruptured ends, neither with a telomere, will find each other and fuse. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge] Reference
In germ cells, an enzyme splices on more telomere before the next division. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » My Personal Experience with Climate Alarmist Spin] Reference
The telomere sequence is highly conserved in different groups of organisms. From Wordnik.com. [Modern humans may have inherited some Neanderthal genes - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
A single broken end has no telomere, and no other broken end with which to fuse. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge] Reference
During DNA replication, small parts of the telomere are lost with each cycle. From Wordnik.com. [telomere] Reference
The one on left, you can see it has a short little tail, a short little telomere. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2008] Reference
Over thousands of generations the telomere gets eroded down to its critical level. From Wordnik.com. [O Fim do Mundo] Reference
Scientists now began to investigate what roles the telomere might play in the cell. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release] Reference
So, when a telomere gets short, that's when either senescence or apoptosis is triggered. From Wordnik.com. [Carol W. Greider - Interview] Reference
And we found increases in telomerase, and thus telomere length, by 30% in only three months. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Dean Ornish: All Calories are Not the Same!] Reference
Identification of a specific telomere terminal transferase activity in Tetrahymena extracts. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release] Reference
I completely discount telomere erosion manageable consequences, and I think zero probability. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: April 2005 Archives] Reference
The telomere-shortening problem has been identified as one of the Seven Deadly Causes of Aging. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: April 2005 Archives] Reference
I think that animals evolved the trait of turning off telomere renewal as a cancer preventative. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » My Personal Experience with Climate Alarmist Spin] Reference
Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn identified telomerase, the enzyme that makes telomere DNA. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release] Reference
A telomeric sequence in the RNA of Tetrahymena telomerase required for telomere repeat synthesis. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release] Reference
But among women who surpassed the CDC's recommendations, stress had no association with telomere length. From Wordnik.com. [The Long and Short of Heart-Disease Risk] Reference
T-cell telomere therapeutic cloning therapeutic virus totipotency toxic waste transgenic species transposon. From Wordnik.com. [21. Life Sciences] Reference
They go by arcane names like angiogenesis inhibitors and telomere blockers and antibody-mediated destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium Evening Transcript Informatics Meets Genomics] Reference
This sensing activates a mechanism that is required for replacing the ruptured end with a functional telomere. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge] Reference
Conversely, if telomerase activity is high, telomere length is maintained, and cellular senescence is delayed. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release] Reference
It is as stable in this regard as any other telomere of the maize complement, and tests of this cover many cell and plant generations. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge] Reference
The telomerase just needs to maintain the telomere length equilibrium, as I said, to be able to keep the telomeres from getting short. From Wordnik.com. [Carol W. Greider - Interview] Reference
The results, which were published in 1982, were striking – the telomere DNA sequence protected the minichromosomes from degradation. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release] Reference
Later on, it became evident that telomere DNA with its characteristic sequence is present in most plants and animals, from amoeba to man. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release] Reference
My theory is that there is a tiny loss of telomere length from one generation to the next, mirroring the process of ageing in individuals. From Wordnik.com. [O Fim do Mundo] Reference
Both these problems were solved when this year's Nobel Laureates discovered how the telomere functions and found the enzyme that copies it. From Wordnik.com. [The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release] Reference
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