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. 1980 Jan;33(1):531–534. doi: 10.1128/jvi.33.1.531-534.1980

Reverse transcription of avian sarcoma virus RNA into DNA might involve copying of the tRNA primer.

J M Taylor, T W Hsu
PMCID: PMC288567  PMID: 6245249

Abstract

Some of the double-stranded DNA products from the endogenous reaction of detergent-disrupted virions contain up to 18 3'-terminal nucleotides at a location consistent with their being transcribed from the tRNA primer.

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