title: [Progress of telomere and telomerase in higher plant].
abstract: Telomere is an important DNA-protein structure. It caps the ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes. Telomeric DNA consists of tandemly repeated simple sequences. Telomere is synthesized with the action of telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein with reverse transcriptase activity. Telomere plays an important role in maintaining the stability of intact chromosome,genome and cell. This paper is a review of telomere, telomerase, telomere-binding protein and developmental control of telomere change, telomerase activity in higher plant.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Rice Biology, China Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
authors.forename: Wei-Xia
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-Chuan
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ting-Heng
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Zhu