Table 1.

Oligonucleotides used in this study

Nomenclature	Sequence	Length
Tetrahymena oligonucleotides
6TT	5′-GGGGTT-3′	6
6GG	5′-TTGGGG-3′	6
12GT	5′-TGGGGTTGGGGT-3′	12
24TT	5′-GGGGTTGGGGTTGGGGTTGGGGTT-3′	24
24GG	5′-TTGGGGTTGGGGTTGGGGTTGGGG-3′	24
21GG	5′-GGGGTTGGGGTTGGGGTTGGG-3′	21
48CC	5′-(AACCCC)8-3′	48
48AA	5′-(CCCCAA)8-3′	48
30AA	5′-(CCCCAA)5-3′ (RNA)	30
Biot-24TT	5′-Biotin-GGGGTTGGGGTTGGGGTTGGGGTT- 3′	24
Biot-21GG	5′-Biotin-GGGGTTGGGGTTGGGGTTGGG-3′	21
Euplotes oligonucleotides
Oxy 1.5	5′-GGGGTTTTGGGG-3′	12
Oxy 3.5	5′-GGGGTTTTGGGGTTTTGGGGTTTTGGGG-3′	28
Ea23	5′-TTTTGGGGTTTTGGGGTTTTGGG-3′	23
EaTR	5′-CAAAACCCCAAAACC-3′ (RNA)	15
Non-telomeric oligonucleotides
Biot-PBR	5′-Biotin-AGCCACTATCGACTACGCGATCAT- 3′	24
T10	5′-TTTTTTTTTT-3′	10
T15	5′-TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT-3′	15
T20	5′-TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT-3′	20