Most human cells do not have the telomerase activity and thus can divide only a limited number of times. _________ exceptionally have telomerase activity because these cells are supposed to pass the complete DNA to the next generation.
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Linear chromosomes would shorten after each
DNA replication because the gaps created by the removal of primers are not filled. Telomerase is an enzyme that fills this gap using an RNA template (a conceptual diagram of the function is shown below; actually this is a protein-RNA complex).Most human cells do not have the telomerase activity and thus can divide only a limited number of times. _________ exceptionally have telomerase activity because these cells are supposed to pass the complete DNA to the next generation.
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