Reverse transcriptase Summary

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  • 5 Encyclopedia Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles (5)

1,110 words, approx. 4 pages
Reverse Transcriptase Reverse transcriptase is the replication enzyme of retroviruses. Because it polymerizes DNA precursors, reverse transcriptase is a DNA polymerase. However, whereas cellular DNA p... Read more
232 words, approx. 1 pages
Reverse Transcription Reverse transcription is an atypical method of synthesizing DNA from a template of RNA. Typically, transcription is a unidirectional process in which the nucleotide sequence of o... Read more
397 words, approx. 2 pages
Reverse Transcriptase Reverse transcriptase, also known as RNA-directed DNA polymerase, was independently discovered by Howard Temin and David Baltimore in 1970. Reverse transcriptase acts like a regu... Read more
231 words, approx. 1 pages
Reverse Transcription Reverse transcription is an atypical method of synthesizing DNA from a template of RNA. Typically, transcription is a unidirectional process in which the nucleotide sequence of o... Read more
436 words, approx. 2 pages
Reverse Transcriptase Reverse transcriptase is an enzyme that a retrovirus produces in order to copy its ribonucleic acid (RNA) genetic material into deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as part of its reprodu... Read more