[Progress of telomere and telomerase in higher plant].

Telomere is an important DNA-protein structure. It caps the ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes. Telomeric DNA consists of tandemly repeated simple sequences. Telomere is synthesized with the action of telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein with reverse transcriptase activity. Telomere plays an important role in maintaining the stability of intact chromosome,genome and cell. This paper is a review of telomere, telomerase, telomere-binding protein and developmental control of telomere change, telomerase activity in higher plant.