Chemicals and Drugs

pol Gene Products

Retroviral proteins coded by the pol gene. They are usually synthesized as a protein precursor (POLYPROTEINS) and later cleaved into final products that include reverse transcriptase, endonuclease/integrase, and viral protease. Sometimes they are synthesized as a gag-pol fusion protein (FUSION PROTEINS, GAG-POL). Pol is short for polymerase, the enzyme class of reverse transcriptase.

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Retroviral proteins coded by the pol gene. They are usually synthesized as a protein precursor (POLYPROTEINS) and later cleaved into final products that include reverse transcriptase, endonuclease/integrase, and viral protease. Sometimes they are synthesized as a gag-pol fusion protein (FUSION PROTEINS, GAG-POL). Pol is short for polymerase, the enzyme class of reverse transcriptase.

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9 entry terms
  • Gene Product, pol
  • Gene Products, pol
  • pol Polyprotein
  • pol Polyproteins
  • pol Protein
  • Polyprotein, pol
  • Polyproteins, pol
  • Protein, pol
  • pol Gene Product

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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coord with specific virus (IM)

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  • Retroviridae Proteins (1983-1989)
  • Reverse Transcriptase (1977-1989)
  • Viral Proteins (1977-1989)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. pol Gene Products. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015684. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015684
  2. pol Gene Products. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77947364