The present invention is directed to novel telomerase nucleic acids and
amino acids. In particular, the present invention is directed to nucleic
acid and amino acid sequences encoding various telomerase protein
subunits and motifs, including the 123 kDa and 43 kDa telomerase protein
subunits of Euplotes aediculatus, and related sequences from
Schizosaccharomyces, Saccharomyces sequences, and human telomerase. The
present invention is also directed to polypeptides comprising these
telomerase protein subunits, as well as functional polypeptides and
ribonucleoproteins that contain these subunits.