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Why was the discovery of reverse transcriptase a momentous event in biology?
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12 years ago Edited: 12 years ago, bio_man
The discovery of retroviruses and their enzyme, reverse transcriptase, has made possible the ongoing revolution in genetic engineering and biotechnology. Scientists can more easily isolate mRNA for a specific protein and then use reverse transcriptase to make the DNA gene. Then, scientists can find the gene itself amid the full complement of DNA of an organism. The isolated gene and its product can be studied more intensively, and in some cases the gene product is available for use as a medication (e.g., human insulin), vaccine, etc.
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