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Name: RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
Description: An enzyme that synthesizes DNA on an RNA template. It is encoded by the pol gene of retroviruses and by certain retrovirus-like elements. EC 2.7.7.49.
Synonyms:
RNA Dependent DNA Polymerase; RNA Directed DNA Polymerase; DNA Polymerase, RNA-Dependent; Reverse Transcriptase; Revertase; RNA-Dependent DNA Polymerase; DNA Polymerase, RNA Directed; Deoxynucleotide-triphosphate:DNA deoxynucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed); DNA Polymerase, RNA-Directed; RNA Transcriptase