Member database | Pfam |
Pfam type | family |
Short name | RVT_2 |
Clan | RdRP |
Author | Studholme DJ;0000-0002-3010-6637 Eddy SR;0000-0001-6676-4706 |
Sequence Ontology | 0100021 |
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 Pfam: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