Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
Identification of a specific telomere terminal transferase activity in Tetrahymena extracts.
Cell, 43 (2 Pt 1) 405-413. 1985.
Blackburn and Grieder discovered telomerase in the ciliate Tetrahymena.
In 2009 Blackburn and Grieder shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase."
See also No. 8387.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #8388 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/10565 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | identification-of-a-specific-telomere-terminal-transferase-activity-in-tetrahymena-extracts |