Viral Details

Viral Backbone

Recombinant AAV

AAV-ITR

AAV2

AAV Serotype

Available in AAV1, AAV2, AAV3, AAV5, AAV6, AAV8, AAV9, AAV-DJ, AAV-DJ8, AAV-DJ9 and other wildtype/synthetic AAV capsids

Promoter

CMV (default), or choose from 30 different ubiquitous or cell specific promoter

Reporter

none, optional GFP, CFP, YFP, RFP or mCherry

Storage Buffer

PBS/5% Glycerol

Gene Details

Species

Human

Gene Symbol

TERT

Gene Name

telomerase reverse transcriptase

Gene ID

7015

Gene Synonyms

CMM9; DKCA2; DKCB4; EST2; hEST2; hTRT; PFBMFT1; TCS1; TP2; TRT

ORF Size

3360 bp

RefSeq#

BC156388

Gene Description

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.

UniGene ID

Hs.492203

HGNC ID

HGNC:11730