Lecture 16: RNA Metabolism - Reverse Transcription

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reverse transcription

the synthesis of DNA from an RNA molecule, used mainly by retroviruses

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reverse transcriptase

a DNA polymerase enzyme that transcribes single-stranded RNA into DNA; aka RNA-directed DNA polymerase

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telomerase

a RNA-dependent DNA polymerase that uses an RNA template to synthesize a DNA primer strand; finds the end of the chromosome during replication and extends the 3’ end to protect the overhanging DNA strand, has many repeats

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RNA replicase

RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that catalyzes the replication of RNA from an RNA template; used by all RNA viruses and found in plants, protists, and fungi