Science & ResearchAug 6, 2026
Reverse transcriptases challenge the central dogma of biology, again.
In this issue of Cell, Wang et al. reveal the mechanism of a bacterial antiphage system that contains two reverse transcriptases. Through an unprecedented process, the enzymes synthesize double-stranded DNA; one uses a noncoding RNA temp…
In this issue of Cell, Wang et al. reveal the mechanism of a bacterial antiphage system that contains two reverse transcriptases. Through an unprecedented process, the enzymes synthesize double-stranded DNA; one uses a noncoding RNA template and the other uses its amino acid…
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