One example is reverse transcriptase, which is a viral enzyme involved in the infection of cells by telomeres.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

That was very simple — by using an enzyme that can read DNA and synthesise RNA, called a transcriptase, he added.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fred Barton: Intelligent design group is just a religious front - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Then they applied transcriptase – an organic enzyme.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fred Barton: Intelligent design group is just a religious front - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

In fact, reverse transcriptase prefers it to the real thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aids The Next Ten Years] Reference

And the good side, of course, is that transcriptase does exist.    From Wordnik.com.  [So, Helix is done.] Reference

“If you can really inhibit reverse transcriptase, you can stop AIDS.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Speculist: Rutgers Strikes Blow Against AIDS] Reference

(Zerit) -- are all inhibitors of an enzyme called reverse transcriptase.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

NRTIs function by inhibiting the synthesis of DNA by reverse transcriptase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

It's a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, or an NRTi, in AIDS speak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles Karel Bouley: HIV Prevention Drug: Thanks, But No Thanks] Reference

“Reverse transcriptase is very important in the biology of AIDS,” Dr. Smith said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Speculist: Rutgers Strikes Blow Against AIDS] Reference

Using single cell RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction), Bettina.    From Wordnik.com.  [Linda B. Buck - Autobiography] Reference

Interfere with the operation of reverse transcriptase and HIV is unable to function.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caroline Graham: Notes on Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baltimore's Historic Trip to South Africa] Reference

The cell culture supernatant was regularly tested for reverse transcriptase activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Françoise Barré-Sinoussi - Autobiography] Reference

AZT is a class of drug called reverse transcriptase inhibitor, which impedes virus replication.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

A science student at WITS asked Baltimore, "How does one target the action of reverse transcriptase?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Caroline Graham: Notes on Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baltimore's Historic Trip to South Africa] Reference

BTW, thanks to a handy little protein known as reverse transcriptase, the RNA world also acts as a "feeler.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Coordinated Evolution] Reference

The most important impact viruses have had is in reverse transcriptase, but this is simply an analysis tool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evolution and the origins of HIV - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

This virus comes with its own special enzyme, called reverse transcriptase, which facilitates this insertion.    From Wordnik.com.  [retrovirus] Reference

They detected activity of the retroviral enzyme reverse transcriptase, a direct sign of retrovirus replication.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release] Reference

If you remember the day on which you first saw reverse transcriptase activity in the cultured cells from patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luc Montagnier - Interview] Reference

(DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1054) about the structure of a part of the telomerase reverse transcriptase (FirstGlance: 2B2A).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference

The reverse transcriptase activity level dropped dramatically however, as the T lymphocytes in the culture were dying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Françoise Barré-Sinoussi - Autobiography] Reference

It appears to inhibit reverse transcriptase thereby stopping the AIDS virus from being able to reproduce in the human body.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Speculist: December 2004 Archives] Reference

This synthetic molecule, named HPA23, proved capable of inhibiting reverse transcriptase activity of Friend virus in culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Françoise Barré-Sinoussi - Autobiography] Reference

The discovery of reverse transcriptase was sobering for me: a momentous secret of nature, mine for the taking, had eluded me.    From Wordnik.com.  [J. Michael Bishop - Autobiography] Reference

Then a reverse transcriptase enzyme was used to convert this single-stranded RNA into double-stranded DNA, suitable for sequencing.    From Wordnik.com.  [DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code] Reference

My project analysed the use of a synthetic molecule which inhibited the reverse transcriptase to control leukaemia induced by Friend virus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Françoise Barré-Sinoussi - Autobiography] Reference

They knew from short-term studies that the drug (which blocks an enzyme called reverse transcriptase, or RT) could hobble the virus and improve patients 'health.    From Wordnik.com.  [Targeting A Deadly Scrap Of Genetic Code] Reference

Apricitabine (ATC) is an anti-HIV nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI).    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

This was the only nucleoside analogue reverse-transcriptase resistance mutation detected.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

One test is known as real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction - or rRT-PCR for short.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

The similarity to HIV comes from the presence of a DNA viral genome and the use of reverse transcriptase.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

Reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR confirmed the enrichment ratio values for the selected cowpea genes.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

One-hundred ng of total RNA was reverse-transcribed using random primers and SuperScript III reverse transcriptase.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Two micrograms of total RNA was reverse transcribed using an oligo-dT primer and SuperScript III reverse transcriptase.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

All the antiretroviral naive patients in the study also were treated with tenofovir and lamivudine, which inhibit reverse transcriptase.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

The RT-PCR was performed in the presence (RT+) and absence (RT -) of reverse transcriptase with the primer pair used for DNA amplification.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference