Cytoplasmic TERT Associates to RNA Granules in Fully Mature Neurons: Role in the Translational Control of the Cell Cycle Inhibitor p15INK4B. e66602

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 6
• Main Authors: Iannilli, Francesca, Zalfa, Francesca, Gartner, Annette, Bagni, Claudia, Dotti, Carlos G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2013

The main role of Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT) is to protect telomere length from shortening during cell division. However, recent works have revealed the existence of a pool of TERT associated to mitochondria, where it plays a role in survival. We here show that in fully differentiated ne...