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One isoform of this enzyme requires lysyl-tRNA-3 to bind to a PBS before it can bind its substrate. Drugs that competitively inhibit this enzyme are normally given in pairs like tenofovir (15[1])alafen·amide-emtrici·tabine. (15[1])In certain “foamy” organisms, this enzyme is uniquely synthesized from a separate mRNA strand rather than a Gag precursor. The (-5[1])forced copy choice and the dynamic choice models describe a process (15[1])that compensates for this enzyme’s high error rate and (15[1])is called (*) template switching. (-5[1])An RNAse H (-5[1])domain is present on this enzyme which, along with a protease and integrase, are transcribed from the (10[1])pol (-5[1])gene. (10[1])Gene expression (10[1])is (-5[1])frequently measured using a variant of PCR reliant on this enzyme’s ability to generate cDNA. For 10 points, name (10[1])this central (10[1])dogma-violating enzyme that allows retroviruses like HIV to produce DNA (10[1])from an RNA template. (10[2]0[5])■END■

ANSWER: reverse transcriptase [or RT]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Amith PunyalaWUSTL H2OSIUE3015
Andrew WangIllinois ANotre Dame B3115
Darryl WangSyracuse+RochesterCornell R51-5
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawa AMcDouble West-Carleton6215
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley ABerkeley C7115
Zach JosephNotre Dame AIllinois B75-5
Cade ReinbergerRITCornell MATLAB78-5
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BStanford A9510
Aidan FeinVanderbiltIndiana96-5
Collin NadarajahWUSTL XYZMissouri B9710
Raymond ChenToronto Ray of Sun in the SkyOttawa C9910
Travis TuI will play anything with a buzzer in front of meSGV Capital100-5
Matt SchiavonePurdue AChicago B11910
Aden SunChicago APurdue B12110
Braden BoothMissouri ASquidward Community College13110
Michael DuWaterlooOttawa B1360
Ishan JoshiOttawa BWaterloo1360
Will AlstonSGV CapitalI will play anything with a buzzer in front of me1360
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BNotre Dame A13610
Tanuj ChandekarIndianaVanderbilt1360
Richard NiuCornell RSyracuse+Rochester13610
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABRIT1360