reverse transcriptase summary

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reverse transcriptase, An enzyme encoded from the genetic material of retroviruses. Following entry of a retrovirus into a host cell, reverse transcriptase catalyzes the transcription of the virus’s RNA (ribonucleic acid) into DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). This “reverse” transcription enables the virus’s genome to be inserted into the genome of the host cell, resulting in the production of more RNA virus from its DNA. Examples of retroviruses encoding reverse transcriptase include Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

David Baltimore Summary

David Baltimore is an American virologist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1975 with Howard M. Temin and Renato Dulbecco. Working independently, Baltimore and Temin discovered reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that synthesizes DNA from RNA. Baltimore also conducted research