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ArticleScientific reports2014

Single-molecule real-time detection of telomerase extension activity.

Helen Hwang, Patricia Opresko, Sua Myong

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Article in Scientific reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Dynamic folding and accessibility of telomeric overhang.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  11. Telomere DNA G-quadruplex folding within actively extending human telomerase.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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  19. Single-Molecule Studies of Telomeres and Telomerase.Annual review of biophysics · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Helen HwangBioengineering Department, University of Illinois.
Patricia OpreskoDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh.
Sua Myong1] Bioengineering Department, University of Illinois [2] Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois [3] Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois [4] Physics Frontier Center (Center of Physics for Living Cells), University of Illinois.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Quantitative Stepwise Analysis of RNA InterferenceDP2GM105453 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI MYONG, SUA · 2012 to 2012
$2.4M
Mechanisms of Telomere Resistance to DNA Lesion RemovalR01ES022944 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI OPRESKO, PATRICIA L · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
The Role of Structural Dynamics on Telomeric End AccessibilityF30CA174323 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI HWANG, HELEN · 2013 to 2015
$135k
NCCDPHP CDC HHS 343 NIH 1 DP2 GM105453NCI NIH HHS 1F30CA174323-01NCI NIH HHS F30 CA174323NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES022944NIEHS NIH HHS R01ES022944NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM105453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ends of eukaryotic chromosomes are capped by telomeres which consist of tandem G-rich DNA repeats stabilized by the shelterin protein complex. Telomeres shorten progressively in most normal cells due to the end replication problem. In more than 85% of cancers however, the telomere length is maintained by telomerase; a reverse transcriptase that adds telomeric TTAGGG repeats using its integral RNA template. The strong association between telomerase activity and malignancy in many cancers suggests that telomerase activity could serve as a diagnostic marker. We demonstrate single-molecule, real-time telomerase extension activity observed digitally as the telomeric repeats are added to a substrate. The human telomerase complex pulled down from mammalian cells displays extension activity dependent on dNTP concentration. In complex with the processivity factor, POT1-TPP1, telomerase adds repeats at an accelerated rate and yields longer products. Our assay provides a unique detection platform that enables the study of telomerase kinetics with single molecule resolution.

Indexed as

AnimalsChromosomesDNA ReplicationHEK293 CellsHumansNeoplasmsSerine ProteasesShelterin ComplexTelomeraseTelomereTelomere-Binding ProteinsTelomere HomeostasisACD protein, humanPOT1 protein, humanSerine ProteasesShelterin ComplexTelomeraseTelomere-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID25263700
PMCPMC4178293
OpenAlexW2007478280

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