reverse transcription

1. The process by which DNA is synthesized from an RNA template by means of the enzyme reverse transcriptase.

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It was during this work that he discovered an enzyme that enabled a virus made of RNA to be copied into DNA, a process known as reverse transcription.

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Functional analysis based on these structures also revealed how a "prime editor" could achieve reverse transcription, synthesizing DNA from RNA, without "cutting" both strands of the double helix.

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Finally overcoming the challenges, the researchers succeeded in determining the three-dimensional structure of the prime editor complex in multiple states during reverse transcription on the target DNA.

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While performing the reverse transcription, the reverse transcriptase maintained its position relative to the Cas9 protein.

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“Under normal circumstances, there is so little reverse transcription machinery available” in human cells, Malik says.

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