title: A redefinition of the Asp-Asp domain of reverse transcriptases.
abstract: The rules defining the Asp-Asp domain of RNA-dependent polymerases deduced by Argos (1988) were tested in a set of 53 putative reverse transcriptases (RTs) sequences. Since it was found that some of these rules are not followed by RTs coded by bacteria, group II introns, and non-LTR retrotransposons, we present here a more strict definition of the Asp-Asp domain.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase