How do viral reverse transcriptases recognize their RNA genome?

FEBS Letters

Mesnard, Jean-Michel¹  Lebeurier, Geneviéve¹ 

[1] Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du C.N.R.S., Université Louis Pasteur, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cédex, France

关键词: Retrovirus: Pararetrovirus;    Reverse transcription;    Encapsidation: Viroplasm;    CaMV;    cauliflower mosaic virus;    CoYMV;    commelina yellow mottle virus;    HBV;    hepatitis B virus;    HIV-1;    human immunodeficiency virus 1;    HTLV-II;    human T-cell leukemia virus type II;    MMTV;    mouse mammary tumor virus;    MoMLV;    Moloney murine leukemia virus;    MPMV;    Mazon-Pfizer monkey virus;    ORF;    open reading frame;    RSV;    Rous sarcoma virus;   

DOI  :  10.1016/0014-5793(91)80002-K

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

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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