Member database | Pfam |
Pfam type | domain |
Short name | RVT_2 |
Clan | RdRP |
Author | Studholme DJ;0000-0002-3010-6637 Eddy SR;0000-0001-6676-4706 |
Sequence Ontology | 0000417 |
Description
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 Pfam entry includes reverse transcriptases not recognised by the
PF00078 model.
References
1. Origin and evolution of retroelements based upon their reverse transcriptase sequences. Xiong Y, Eickbush TH. EMBO J. 9, 3353-62, (1990). View articlePMID: 1698615