 RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
"RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that synthesizes DNA on an RNA template. It is encoded by the pol gene of retroviruses and by certain retrovirus-like elements. EC 2.7.7.49.
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D012194
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.445.308.300.750 D12.776.964.775.375.750 D12.776.964.970.600.850.375.750
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| Concept/Terms |
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase- RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
- RNA Directed DNA Polymerase
- Reverse Transcriptase
- RNA Transcriptase
- DNA Polymerase, RNA-Directed
- DNA Polymerase, RNA Directed
- RNA-Dependent DNA Polymerase
- DNA Polymerase, RNA-Dependent
- RNA Dependent DNA Polymerase
- Revertase
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| 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase" by people in Profiles.
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Laten HM, Havecker ER, Farmer LM, Voytas DF. SIRE1, an endogenous retrovirus family from Glycine max, is highly homogeneous and evolutionarily young. Mol Biol Evol. 2003 Aug; 20(8):1222-30.
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Lazcano A, Valverde V, Hernández G, Gariglio P, Fox GE, Oró J. On the early emergence of reverse transcription: theoretical basis and experimental evidence. J Mol Evol. 1992 Dec; 35(6):524-36.
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Robinson WE, Montefiori DC, Mitchell WM, Prince AM, Alter HJ, Dreesman GR, Eichberg JW. Antibody-dependent enhancement of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in vitro by serum from HIV-1-infected and passively immunized chimpanzees. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Jun; 86(12):4710-4.
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