Expression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reverse transcriptase

摘要

This invention provides a plasmid identified as pHRTRX2 and deposited in E. coli HB101 under ATCC Accession No. 67828. The invention also provides for a polypeptide having HIV reverse transcriptase activity and for a method by which the polypeptide can be prepared which comprises growing a host cell comprising the plasmid pHRTRX2 under suitable conditions permitting production of the polypeptide and recovering the resulting polypeptide.