The regulatory function of tandem repeat VNTR2‐1 in hTERT gene involves basic Helix–loop–helix family transcription factors

X Zhu, T Xu, J Zhu - Environmental and molecular mutagenesis, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein enzyme that synthesizes telomere end sequence. The
expression of hTERT gene, encoding the catalytic subunit of human telomerase, is restricted …

Application of hTERT Promoter to Cancer Therapy

T Fujiki, Y Katakura, T Miura, S Shirahata - Animal Cell Technology: From …, 2001 - Springer
Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is the catalytic subunit of telomerase,
whose expression is strictly regulated dependently upon cell types. hTERT is shown to be …

Cloning of human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) gene promoter and identification of proximal core promoter sequences essential for transcriptional activation …

M Takakura, S Kyo, T Kanaya, H Hirano, J Takeda… - Cancer research, 1999 - AACR
Telomerase activation is thought to be a critical step in cellular immortalization and
carcinogenesis. Of the three major subunits comprising human telomerase, human …

Global expression profile of telomerase-associated genes in HeLa cells

A Varshney, SK Ramakrishnan, A Sharma, B Santosh… - Gene, 2014 - Elsevier
Telomerase is a specialized nucleoprotein enzyme complex that maintains the telomere
length. The telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is the catalytically active component of …

Cloning of mouse telomerase reverse transcriptase gene promoter and identification of proximal core promoter sequences essential for the expression of transgenes …

SY Si, SJ Song, JZ Zhang, JL Liu… - oncology …, 2011 - spandidos-publications.com
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex, whose function is to add motif-specific
nucleotides to the end of chromosomes. Telomerase consists of three major subunits, the …

Molecular cloning and characterization of a human gene involved in transcriptional regulation of hTERT

Z Tang, Y Zhao, F Mei, S Yang, X Li, J Lv, L Hou… - Biochemical and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT), the catalytic subunit of telomerase in
human, has been identified as the rate-limiting factor in telomerase activity, but its detailed …

Activity of the human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) gene promoter could be increased by the SV40 enhancer

JS Song - Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 2004 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex of which the function is to add telomeric repeats
to chromosomal ends. Telomerase consists of two essential components, the telomerase …

Reactivation of telomerase reverse transcriptase expression in cancer: the role of TERT promoter mutations

ML Tornesello, A Cerasuolo, N Starita… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Telomerase activity and telomere elongation are essential conditions for the unlimited
proliferation of neoplastic cells. Point mutations in the core promoter region of the …

Transcriptional regulation of the telomerase hTERT gene as a target for cellular and viral oncogenic mechanisms

I Horikawa, JC Barrett - Carcinogenesis, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Malignant transformation from mortal, normal cells to immortal, cancer cells is generally
associated with activation of telomerase and subsequent telomere maintenance. A major …

Cloning and Characterization of the Promoter Region of Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Gene

I Horikawa, PLA Cable, C Afshari, JC Barrett - Cancer research, 1999 - AACR
Activation of telomerase is one of the rate-limiting steps in human cell immortalization and
carcinogenesis. Human telomerase is composed of at least two protein subunits and an …