PBS with 0.02 % sodium azide,50 % glycerol, pH 7.3.
Preservative
Sodium azide
Precaution of Use
This product contains Sodium azide: a POISONOUS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE which should be handled by trained staff only.
Storage
-20 °C
Storage Comment
Store at -20°C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycles.
Target
TERT
(Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT))
Alternative Name
TERT
Background
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. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase have been identified, the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity.,TERT,CMM9,DKCA2,DKCB4,EST2,PFBMFT1,TCS1,TP2,TRT,hEST2,hTRT,Epigenetics & Nuclear Signaling,Cancer,Tumor biomarkers,Cell Biology & Developmental Biology,Stem Cells,Embryonic Stem Cells,TERT