Patent 8362209 was granted and assigned to University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey on January, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to nucleic and amino acid sequences of a novel variant of the telomerase reverse transcriptase. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a novel variant of human telomerase reverse transcriptase, which displays properties distinct from those of wildtype telomerase reverse transcriptase, and methods of use thereof.