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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Transferases > Phosphotransferases > Nucleotidyltransferases > DNA Nucleotidyltransferases > DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase > RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Polyproteins > Gene Products, pol > RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Viral Proteins > Viral Structural Proteins > Nucleocapsid Proteins > Viral Core Proteins > Gene Products, pol > RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Viral Proteins > Retroviridae Proteins > Gene Products, pol > RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
... > Macromolecular Substances > Multiprotein Complexes > Multienzyme Complexes > Viral Replicase Complex Proteins > Gene Products, pol > RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Multienzyme Complexes > Viral Replicase Complex Proteins > Gene Products, pol > RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
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RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase  

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  • DNA Polymerase, RNA-Dependent
  • DNA Polymerase, RNA Directed
  • DNA Polymerase, RNA-Directed
  • Reverse Transcriptase
  • Revertase
  • RNA Dependent DNA Polymerase
  • RNA-Dependent DNA Polymerase
  • RNA Transcriptase

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 96; was REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE 1972-95 (Prov 1972)

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