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Gene Products, pol MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Gene Products, pol
Tree Number(s)
D12.776.775.360
D12.776.964.775.375
D12.776.964.900.750.500
D12.776.964.970.600.850.375
Unique ID
D015684
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015684
Annotation
coord with specific virus (IM)
Scope Note
Retroviral proteins coded by the pol gene. They are usually synthesized as a protein precursor (POLYPROTEINS) and later cleaved into final products that include reverse transcriptase, endonuclease/integrase, and viral protease. Sometimes they are synthesized as a gag-pol fusion protein (FUSION PROTEINS, GAG-POL). Pol is short for polymerase, the enzyme class of reverse transcriptase.
Entry Term(s)
Gene Product, pol
pol Gene Products
pol Polyprotein
pol Polyproteins
pol Protein
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Retroviridae Proteins (1983-1989)
Reverse Transcriptase (1977-1989)
Viral Proteins (1977-1989)
See Also
Endonucleases
Peptide Hydrolases
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
Public MeSH Note
90
History Note
90
Date Introduced
1990/01/01
Last Updated
2021/06/30
Gene Products, pol Preferred
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