| 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. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| genes, pol | DNA sequences that form the coding region for retroviral enzymes including reverse transcriptase, protease, and endonuclease/integrase. "pol" is short for polymerase, the enzyme class of reverse transcriptase. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pol gene | <molecular biology> Genes coding for DNA polymerases of which there are three in E. Coli, polA, polB and polC coding for polymerases I, II and III respectively. Pol genes in oncogenic retroviruses code for reverse transcriptase. (18 Nov 1997) |
| fusion proteins, gag-pol | Polyprotein products of a fused portion of retroviral mRNA containing the gag and pol genes. The polyprotein is synthesised only five percent of the time since pol is out of frame with gag, and is generated by ribosomal frameshifting. (12 Dec 1998) |