TERT Antibody Blocking Peptide

Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity， encoded by this gene， and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence， as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres.