Podocytes have numerous pseudopodia that interdigitate to form filtration slits along the capillary wall.

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Telomerase, a reverse transcriptase that contains an RNA template, repeatedly adds TTAGGG repeats

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Embryonic cells, germ-line cells, and stem cells produce telomerase, but most human somatic cells produce only a small amount of telomerase as they enter S phase.

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As a result of their modest telomerase activity, their telomeres shorten with each cell cycle.

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Extensive shortening of telomeres is recognized by the cell as a double-strand break and consequently triggers cell cycle arrest and apoptosis.

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In mammals, six telomeric proteins (TRF1, TRF2, Rap1, TIN2, TPP1, and POT1) comprise a complex called shelterin

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Duplex telomeric DNA interactions of TRF1 and TRF2 and the binding of POT1 to the single-stranded TTAGGG repeats.