Medical Definition of Integrase
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The HIV enzyme that inserts HIV's genes into a cells normal DNA.
Integrase operates after reverse transcriptase has created a DNA version of the RNA form of HIV genes present in virus particles. Drugs that block the action of integrase are under development.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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