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Gene products pol

Gene products, pol

Retroviral proteins coded by the pol gene. Often synthesised as a gag-pol fusion protein (fusion proteins, gag-pol) and later cleaved into final products that include reverse transcriptase, endonuclease/integrase, and viral protease. Pol is short for polymerase, the enzyme class of reverse transcriptase.


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Cure for AIDS

... HIV can also be spread via blood or blood products, most commonly with shared contaminated ... The genome of HIV contains only three major genes: env, gag, and pol. These genes direct the formation of the basic components ...

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Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:11 pm
 
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