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Article Dans Une Revue FEBS Letters Année : 1991

How do viral reverse transcriptases recognize their RNA genome?

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Reverse transcription is not solely a retroviral mechanism. Hepadnaviruses and caulimoviruses have RNA intermediates that are reverse transcribed into DNA. Moreover non-viral retroelements, retrotransposons, use reverse transcription in their transposition. All these retroelements encode reverse transcriptase but each group developed their own expression modes capable of assuring a specific and efficient replication of their genomes.

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Virologie
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hal-00189153 , version 1 (20-11-2007)

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Jean-Michel Mesnard, G. Lebeurier. How do viral reverse transcriptases recognize their RNA genome?. FEBS Letters, 1991, 287 (1-2), pp.1-4. ⟨hal-00189153⟩
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