... 1981,38(1):239-48. BioMed Central Page 1 of 9(page number not for citation purposes) Retrovirology Open Access Review When is it time for reverse transcription to start and go?Marylène Mougel1, Laurent Houzet2 ... interactions contribute to the fidelity of the reverse transcripton reaction by inhibiting self-initiation of cDNAsynthesis and providing excision-repair activities to the RTenzyme in vitro [24,39,41-46].After ... the virion core is released into thecytoplasm where it is believed to undergo structural alter-ations giving rise to a large ribonucleoprotein structurecalled the reverse transcription complex...