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Daniel P. Romero

Researcher at University of Minnesota

Publications -  20
Citations -  2345

Daniel P. Romero is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tetrahymena & RNA. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 19 publications receiving 2023 citations. Previous affiliations of Daniel P. Romero include Brown University & University of Pennsylvania.

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A conserved secondary structure for telomerase RNA

TL;DR: A phylogenetic comparative analysis of telomerase RNAs from seven tetrahymenine ciliates revealed a strikingly conserved secondary structure that contains the telomeric templating region.
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Ciliate telomerase RNA structural features

TL;DR: A primary sequence element, positioned 5' of the template and conserved between all previously known ciliate telomerase RNAs, has been reduced from 5'-(C)UGUCA-3' to the 4 nt sequence 5'-GUCA- 3'.
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A single telomerase RNA is sufficient for the synthesis of variable telomeric DNA repeats in ciliates of the genus Paramecium.

TL;DR: All Paramecium telomerase RNAs examined include a template specific for the synthesis of TTGGGG telomeric repeats, which has not been posttranscriptionally edited to account for the conventional synthesis of TTTGGG repeats.
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Histidine 229 in protein L2 is apparently essential for 50S peptidyl transferase activity

TL;DR: The effect of H229 mutation appears to be confined to an effect on peptidyl transferase activity, providing the most direct evidence for protein involvement in this function to date.