InterPro domain: IPR013103

General Information

  • Identifier IPR013103
  • Description Reverse transcriptase, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase
  • Number of genes 14291
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Abstract

A reverse transcriptase gene is usually indicative of a mobile element such as a retrotransposon or retrovirus. Reverse transcriptases occur in a variety of mobile elements, including retrotransposons, retroviruses, group II introns, bacterial msDNAs, hepadnaviruses, and caulimoviruses. This entry includes reverse transcriptases not recognised by IPR000477 [ 1 ].


1. Origin and evolution of retroelements based upon their reverse transcriptase sequences. EMBO J. 9, 3353-62

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