Regulation of human telomerase in homeostasis and disease

CM Roake, SE Artandi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex, the catalytic core of which includes the
telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and the non-coding human telomerase RNA (hTR) …

Biogenesis and function of nuclear bodies

YS Mao, B Zhang, DL Spector - Trends in Genetics, 2011 - cell.com
Nuclear bodies including nucleoli, Cajal bodies, nuclear speckles, Polycomb bodies, and
paraspeckles are membraneless subnuclear organelles. They are present at steady-state …

Prediction and analysis of essential genes using the enrichments of gene ontology and KEGG pathways

L Chen, YH Zhang, SP Wang, YH Zhang, T Huang… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Identifying essential genes in a given organism is important for research on their
fundamental roles in organism survival. Furthermore, if possible, uncovering the links …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR-mediated programmable 3D genome positioning and nuclear organization

H Wang, X Xu, CM Nguyen, Y Liu, Y Gao, X Lin… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Programmable control of spatial genome organization is a powerful approach for studying
how nuclear structure affects gene regulation and cellular function. Here, we develop a …

Finding the end: recruitment of telomerase to telomeres

J Nandakumar, TR Cech - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
Telomeres, the ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes, are characterized by the presence
of multiple repeats of a short DNA sequence. This telomeric DNA is protected from illicit …

RNA–protein interaction mapping via MS2-or Cas13-based APEX targeting

S Han, BS Zhao, SA Myers, SA Carr… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
RNA–protein interactions underlie a wide range of cellular processes. Improved methods
are needed to systematically map RNA–protein interactions in living cells in an unbiased …

Non-coding RNAs: lessons from the small nuclear and small nucleolar RNAs

AG Matera, RM Terns, MP Terns - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2007 - nature.com
Recent advances have fuelled rapid growth in our appreciation of the tremendous number,
diversity and biological importance of non-coding (nc) RNAs. Because ncRNAs typically …

TERT promoter mutations in telomere biology

B Heidenreich, R Kumar - Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation …, 2017 - Elsevier
Telomere repeats at chromosomal ends, critical to genome integrity, are maintained through
an elaborate network of proteins and pathways. Shelterin complex proteins shield telomeres …

A human telomerase holoenzyme protein required for Cajal body localization and telomere synthesis

AS Venteicher, EB Abreu, Z Meng, KE McCann… - Science, 2009 - science.org
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex that synthesizes telomere repeats in
tissue progenitor cells and cancer cells. Active human telomerase consists of at least three …

Human telomerase: biogenesis, trafficking, recruitment, and activation

JC Schmidt, TR Cech - Genes & development, 2015 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Telomerase is the ribonucleoprotein enzyme that catalyzes the extension of telomeric DNA
in eukaryotes. Recent work has begun to reveal key aspects of the assembly of the human …