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Also Known As	terminal transferase

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telomere enzyme neuraminidase renin-angiotensin system allosteric control induction cooperativity Michaelis-Menten kinetics hydrolase inhibition cofactor ligase

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English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.

Jack W. Szostak

American biochemist and geneticist

Elizabeth Blackburn

Elizabeth Blackburn

American molecular biologist and biochemist

Carol W. Greider

Carol W. Greider

American molecular biologist