| Literature DB >> 9675117 |
H Ogino1, K Nakabayashi, M Suzuki, E Takahashi, M Fujii, T Suzuki, D Ayusawa.
Abstract
Some immortal human cell lines lack telomerase activity. These cell lines were found to contain small dispersed DNA hybridizing to TTAGGG repeats. Such DNA was located in their cytoplasm and nuclei. Normal human fibroblasts or telomerase-positive cell lines did not contain such DNA. Upon cloning and sequencing, it was shown to consist of TTAGGG repeats. When electrophoresed on neutral and alkaline agarose gels, it behaved as double-stranded and linear DNA. These results suggest that telomeric DNA is released from chromosomes in association with maintenance of telomeres in telomerase-negative cell lines. Copyright 1998 Academic Press.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9675117 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8875
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575