TERRA: telomeric repeat-containing RNA

Telomeres, the physical ends of eukaryotic chromosomes, consist of tandem arrays of short DNA repeats and a large set of specialized proteins. A recent analysis has identified telomeric repeat-containing RNA (TERRA), a large non-coding RNA in animals and fungi, which forms an integral component of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luke, Brian, Lingner, Joachim
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2009
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722245/