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One of the [[CBI Molecules]] being studied in the [http://www.umass.edu/cbi/ University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemistry-Biology Interface Program] at UMass Amherst and on display at the [http://www.molecularplayground.org/ Molecular Playground]. | |||
<applet size='[450,338]' frame='true' align='right' name='Reverse Transcriptase scene='Reverse_transcriptase/Presentation/1' caption='The hand-like two-enzymes-in-one protein that amazingly makes DNA from RNA' /> | <applet size='[450,338]' frame='true' align='right' name='Reverse Transcriptase scene='Reverse_transcriptase/Presentation/1' caption='The hand-like two-enzymes-in-one protein that amazingly makes DNA from RNA' /> | ||
Being the protein that gives their name to Retroviruses, Reverse Transcriptase is, in company of [[Hiv protease|Protease]] and [[Hiv integrase|Integrase]], the most important part of the protein system involved in the process of infection of viruses like HIV, MuLV and AMV, and has the unusual property of transcribing ssRNA into dsDNA going against the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology. | Being the protein that gives their name to Retroviruses, Reverse Transcriptase is, in company of [[Hiv protease|Protease]] and [[Hiv integrase|Integrase]], the most important part of the protein system involved in the process of infection of viruses like HIV, MuLV and AMV, and has the unusual property of transcribing ssRNA into dsDNA going against the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology. | ||
