Electronic Journal of Biology

Telomerase - The Advent, Prospects and Obstacles

Black skin euphemistically called dark sin has become thTelomerase is an enzyme in eukaryotes which has an unique potential to solve the end replication problem, which results from the lagging replication of DNA, at the ending structures called telomeres, in one of its strands, as it copies the sequence from the parent strand. Telomerase is not found in each and every cell, but in some cells with special features. This review highlights the salient unique features of telomerase, how it evolved, and what are its effects in humans, the publications till date on this topic, to compare the collected data for the number of publications per year, at the end we have tried to give insights into the obstacles of research and have tried to propose few future dimensions into telomerase research.

Author(s):

Rebanta Roy*, Arpita Samanta

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