The RNA is isolated quickly and in sufficient quantity and quality to permit analysis by methods including reverse transcriptase and polymerase chain reaction.

The lymph node cells were cultured and the team checked regularly for the presence of a retrovirus by monitoring the activity of an enzyme typically associated with this viral family (reverse transcriptase).

Stavudine, a thymidine analogue, is phosphorylated by cellular kinases to stavudine triphosphate which inhibits HIV reverse transcriptase by competing with the natural substrate, thymidine triphosphate.

Avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) reverse transcriptase

Avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) reverse transcriptase