3. RNA-Dependent Synthesis of RNA and DNA

Reverse Transcriptase Produces DNA from Viral RNA

Some Retroviruses Cause Cancer and AIDS

Many Transposons, Retroviruses, and Introns May Have a Common Evolutionary Origin

BOX 26-3 Fighting AIDS with Inhibitors of HIV Reverse Transcriptase

Telomerase Is a Specialized Reverse Transcriptase

Some RNAs Are Replicated by RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase

RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases Share a Common Structural Fold