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.
The Pacific Ocean is one of the world's five oceans. It is the largest with an area of 60.06 million square miles (155.557 million square kilometers) and it stretches from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south.