Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2024
Identification of a specific telomere terminal transferase activity in Tetrahymena extracts.
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Cell, 43 (2 Pt 1) 405-413. 1985 CE.
Blackburn and Grieder discovered telomerase in the ciliate Tetrahymena.
In 2009 Blackburn and Grieder shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase."
See also No. 8387.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #8388 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/10565 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | identification-of-a-specific-telomere-terminal-transferase-activity-in-tetrahymena-extracts |