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Absolutely beautiful paper by a core team at the RIKEN in which the telomerase RNA component has (finally) been identified, in the nematode *C. elegans*. Surprisingly, it does not have its own promoter, but is located inside the intron of a germline-expressed gene (nmy-2)! 🤩 doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex that elongates telomeric DNA, ensuring germline immortality. In this study, we identified the Caenorhabditis elegans telomerase RNA component 1 (terc-1), as t...
Nematode telomerase RNA hitchhikes on introns of germline–up-regulated genes
Brice Letcher