Telomerase RNA Component

**Semantic type:** Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide

**Definition:** Telomerase RNA component is the ribonucleic acid subunit of telomerase. Telomerase uses the species-specific RNA sequences as the templates to synthesize GC-rich strand of telomeres, chromosome ends.

**Synonyms:** - Small Cajal Body-Specific RNA 19 - TERC - hTERC - hTR