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RNA directed DNA polymerase. Enzyme first discovered in retroviruses, that can construct double stranded DNA molecules from the single stranded RNA templates of their genomes. Reverse transcription now appears also to be involved in movement of determined mobile genetic elements, such as the Ty plasmid in yeast, in the replication of another viruses such as Hepatitis B and possibly in the generation of mammalian pseudogenes. This entry appears with alow from the Vocabulary of Cell and Molecular Biology
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