reverse transcriptase

an enzyme which generates DNA from an RNA template, a process termed reverse transcription
ChemicalSubstance group_or_class_of_enzymes Q28774
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reverse transcriptase

Summary

reverse transcriptase is a group or class of enzymes[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of group_or_class_of_enzymes entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month, #12 of 1,600).[2]

Key Facts

  • reverse transcriptase's image is recorded as Reverse transcriptase 3KLF labels.png[3].
  • reverse transcriptase's instance of is recorded as group or class of enzymes[4].
  • reverse transcriptase's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 9068-38-6[5].
  • reverse transcriptase's EC number is recorded as 232-964-5[6].
  • reverse transcriptase's subclass of is recorded as DNA polymerase[7].
  • reverse transcriptase's subclass of is recorded as transferase[8].
  • reverse transcriptase's Commons category is recorded as Reverse transcriptase[9].
  • reverse transcriptase's EC enzyme number is recorded as 2.7.7.49[10].
  • reverse transcriptase's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06jmk[11].
  • reverse transcriptase's molecular function is recorded as RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity[12].
  • reverse transcriptase's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1022129[13].
  • reverse transcriptase's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as QP606.R48[14].
  • reverse transcriptase's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/reverse-transcriptase[15].
  • reverse transcriptase's used by is recorded as retrovirus[16].
  • reverse transcriptase's ECHA Substance Infocard ID is recorded as 100.029.955[17].
  • reverse transcriptase's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2674199[18].
  • reverse transcriptase's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as retrotranscription-de-l-adn[19].
  • reverse transcriptase's WikiSkripta article ID is recorded as 33636[20].
  • reverse transcriptase's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as reverse-transcription[21].
  • reverse transcriptase's Larousse ID is recorded as medical/transcriptase_inverse/16659[22].
  • reverse transcriptase's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 156719811[23].
  • reverse transcriptase's CAB ID is recorded as 225985[24].
  • reverse transcriptase's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007530151705171[25].
  • reverse transcriptase's Lex ID is recorded as revers_transkriptase[26].
  • reverse transcriptase's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2910803801[27].

Why It Matters

reverse transcriptase ranks in the top 0.75% of group_or_class_of_enzymes entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month, #12 of 1,600).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Retrieved . Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . InterPro release 2019-Nov-12. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . CABI Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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