Assertion: telomerase | /r/CapableOf | allow telomere maintenance
Facets:
value: as in cancer cells
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: For cancer cells to overcome the limit to cell division imposed by very short telomeres, telomerase must be present to allow telomere maintenance.
text: On the other hand, when telomerase is expressed constitutively, as in cancer cells, it allows telomere maintenance and an unlimited cellular proliferation (Shay and Bacchetti, 1997; Harley, 2008).