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What is reverse transcription?

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In some retroviruses that contain RNA as the genetic material (e.g. HIV), the flow of information is reversed. RNA synthesizes DNA by reverse transcription, then transcribed into mRNA by transcription and then into proteins by translation. This is called reverse transcripion.
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