Reverse transcriptases are enzymes encoded in retroviruses viral genome. The enzyme is responsible for transcription of the viral RNA to produce a dsDNA that can be inserted into the host genome.
Pacific Ocean Basin. The Pacific Ocean is bounded on the east by the North and South American continents; on the north by the Bering Strait; on the west by Asia, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean.
INTRODUCTION 1.1 The official definition of a sedimentary basin is: a low area in the Earthâs crust, of tectonic origin, in which sediments accumulate.Sedimentary basins range in size from as small as hundreds of meters to large parts of ocean basins.ut implicit in the concept of a sedimentary basin is the existence of prolonged crustal subsidence, to make a place for a thick deposit of sediment that might well have been deposited in an area without basinal geometry at the surface.