Telomerase and cancer
Open Access
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Human Molecular Genetics
- Vol. 10 (7) , 677-685
- https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/10.7.677
Abstract
Telomerase, a eukaryotic ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex, contains both an essential RNA and a protein reverse transcriptase subunit. By reverse transcription, the telomerase RNP maintains telomere length stability in almost all cancer cells. Over the past few years there has been significant progress in identifying the components of the telomerase holoenzyme complex and the proteins that associate with telomeres, in order to elucidate mechanisms of telomere length regulation. This review covers recent advances in the field including the use of telomerase in cancer diagnostics and an overview of anti-telomerase cancer therapeutic approaches.Keywords
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