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Being the protein that gives their name to Retroviruses, Reverse Transcriptase is, in company of [[Hiv protease]] and [[Hiv integrase]], the most important part of the protein system that this type of viruses use in the process of infecting their target. | Being the protein that gives their name to Retroviruses, Reverse Transcriptase is, in company of [[Hiv protease]] and [[Hiv integrase]], the most important part of the protein system that this type of viruses use in the process of infecting their target. | ||
Reverse Transcriptase is a RNA-dependent DNA Polymerase, that going against the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology, transcribes ssRNA into dsDNA. | Reverse Transcriptase is a RNA-dependent DNA Polymerase, that going against the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology, transcribes ssRNA into dsDNA. | ||
