Reverse Transcriptase: an Enzyme that copies RNA to DNA

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  • čas přidán 29. 09. 2019
  • www.explorebiology.org/summar...
    This video describes the Nobel Prize winning discovery by David Baltimore and Howard Temin of reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that copies RNA into DNA. Retroviruses, which have a genome made of RNA, use reverse transcriptase to replicate. This discovery came as surprise because the widely accepted Central Dogma postulated only a one-way flow of information from DNA to RNA to protein. Reverse transcriptase later played a major role in biotechnology industry, providing a mechanism for cloning DNA from cellular RNA and making cDNA libraries. Learn more reverse transcriptase and viruses in Mike Bishop's Narrative on Cancer Genetics in The Explorer’s Guide to Biology (explorebiology.org/summary/genetics/the-genetic-basic-of-cancer).
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Komentáře • 43

  • @TheExplorersGuidetoBiology

    We present biology as detective work and focus on the process of science. Find out more at explorebiology.org

  • @alexgehrke8231
    @alexgehrke8231 Před 4 lety +36

    I just learnt more in this 4 minute video than I did in a 12 week long university class

    • @Thefunksoulbro
      @Thefunksoulbro Před 3 lety +2

      Perhaps you could explain to me what I have just watched please. I've not got it?

    • @dealerataris
      @dealerataris Před rokem

      Years ago I stumbled onto a 3D animated “inside the cell” video that showcased a lot of what my professor was covering in my honors college biology II course, but seeing it come to life made things far clearer... same idea of condensing the course down into a few minutes. The prof loved showing videos like this in class so I figured I’d share it with him.. Pretty sure he got offended because he HATED my guts after that. Oops! 😀

  • @jaxnaturals
    @jaxnaturals Před 2 lety +5

    So a new studies shows that the pf izer and mod erna v a x does reverse transcriptase

  • @pavadaiarumugam9723
    @pavadaiarumugam9723 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much. This is what im searching for

  • @lilgamerx2777
    @lilgamerx2777 Před 2 lety

    Very well explained!

  • @taladiv3415
    @taladiv3415 Před 3 lety +2

    Never take anything for granted!

  • @b-music9329
    @b-music9329 Před 2 lety +2

    Extremely interesting! Very well done video!

    • @clashinghub3971
      @clashinghub3971 Před 2 lety

      Can you say me what she said at 1:52 which enzyme

  • @magznificent7845
    @magznificent7845 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you so much

  • @clashinghub3971
    @clashinghub3971 Před 2 lety

    What did the scientist isolated enzyeme pls reply

  • @rthmjohn
    @rthmjohn Před 3 lety

    Great video!

  • @thanhtatttoewin5986
    @thanhtatttoewin5986 Před 3 lety

    Thank you

  • @jasperm.8093
    @jasperm.8093 Před 4 lety

    Thanks

  • @jasonuren3479
    @jasonuren3479 Před 2 lety +2

    Amazing that this was discovered in 1975, yet I've heard so many over the last couple of years saying it'd be impossible 🤔

  • @yoontaerij
    @yoontaerij Před 9 měsíci

    fantastic ,thank you so much.. ;)

  • @laraibafzal5585
    @laraibafzal5585 Před rokem +1

    Reverse transcriptase of hiv is used for the conversion of RNA into viral /host DNA?? PLEASE ANSWER

    • @dominicyelin
      @dominicyelin Před rokem

      HIV modifies the hosts dna. That's why people with aids have a damaged immune system. Because their dna has been modified.

  • @zerobambiro
    @zerobambiro Před 3 lety +9

    Is this important for the corona vaccine?

    • @Megan-sl4mc
      @Megan-sl4mc Před 3 lety

      no

    • @DeeDee-qz6cg
      @DeeDee-qz6cg Před 3 lety +2

      It could be relevant.

    • @arenkai
      @arenkai Před 2 lety +2

      @@Alias9000 Being exposed to the virus itself puts you at risk of having its RNA being integrated to your genome, which is already happening in fact. And it's not as dramatic as it sounds, since all it does is make you positive to covid-19 even though you have 0 viral charge.
      Given how RNA is a very short lived molecule that gets degraded in less than 24 hours, the possibility for it to affect anything months or years down the line would be quite spectacular.
      Those chances are also always lower than the possibility of exposure to Sars-cov-2 having the same effect since it's DNA-based, and DNA is more stable than RNA.
      (Remember, Sars-cov-2 replicates in your body for up to 2 weeks before symptoms appear)
      So, in conclusion: even by taking into account the possibility of RNA being integrated to human genome, the vaccine is still safer than the virus itself

    • @ProfFeinman
      @ProfFeinman Před 2 lety

      Covid is not a retrovirus.

    • @salemdesigns65
      @salemdesigns65 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ProfFeinman
      Truely, we don't know what Covid is.
      IF there is a 'Covid'.

  • @nickdagreat33
    @nickdagreat33 Před rokem

    Basically a PS6 can reverse engineer the backward capability of a PS5 but PS5 has to upgrade first. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @diegoabarcaramos5196
    @diegoabarcaramos5196 Před 3 lety +1

    ta fachera

  • @jeepz669
    @jeepz669 Před 3 lety +1

    How the hell did I get here bruh

  • @gulsuozturk2853
    @gulsuozturk2853 Před 3 lety +2

    ADAMSIN

  • @Mr4thetruth
    @Mr4thetruth Před 4 lety +4

    Why the awful background cacophony?

  • @ramasalah2890
    @ramasalah2890 Před 2 lety

    مين فايت ع الفيديو من الشاملة 😂😂😂

  • @ExistenceUniversity
    @ExistenceUniversity Před 2 lety +1

    Dogma doesn't mean fact lol

  • @Priceygames
    @Priceygames Před rokem +1

    Is it the mark of the beast, just kidding