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- adjective genetics Describing additional functions of
telomerases that do not affecttelomers
Etymologies
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From extra- + telomeric
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More than 70% of extratelomeric Rap1-binding sites were in the vicinity of genes, and 31% of the genes deregulated in
Naturejobs - All Jobs Paula Martinez 2010
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By performing chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with ultrahigh-throughput sequencing, we found that Rap1 binds to both telomeres and to extratelomeric sites through the (TTAGGG) 2 consensus motif.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Paula Martinez 2010
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