Telomeres: Two genes linked to why they stretch in cancer cells
Scientists have provided more clues to one of the least understood phenomena in some cancers: why the “ends caps” of cellular DNA, called telomeres, lengthen instead of shorten.
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Telomerase Dna Repair
the last step in the process of DNA repair is performed by?
a. primase
b. repair polymerase
c. telomerase
d. none of the above
d. none of the above
There are lots of different DNA repair mechanisms, because there are lots of ways DNA can get damaged. I rather suspect the actual answer is usually “DNA ligase.”