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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. | ||
Since its discovery in 1970, the study of its properties and mechanisms of action have been of high interest among the scientific community due to the unique properties that makes it an important medical target enzyme and important tool for genetic engineering applications like RT-PCR in the construction of cDNA libraries. | Since its discovery in 1970, the study of its properties and mechanisms of action have been of high interest among the scientific community due to the unique properties that makes it an important medical target enzyme and important tool for genetic engineering applications like RT-PCR in the construction of cDNA libraries. | ||