The Mauriceville retroplasmid reverse transcriptase initiates cDNA synthesis de novo at the 3' end of tRNAs.

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The Mauriceville retroplasmid of Neurospora mitochondria encodes a novel reverse transcriptase that initiates cDNA synthesis de novo (i.e., without a primer) at the 3' CCA of the plasmid transcript's 3' tRNA-like structure (H. Wang and A. M. Lambowitz, Cell 75:1071-1081, 1993). Here, we show that the plasmid reverse transcriptase also initiates cDNA synthesis de novo at the 3' end of tRNAs, leading to synthesis...

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