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. 1978 Sep;27(3):823–825. doi: 10.1128/jvi.27.3.823-825.1978

Mammalian retrovirus-associated RNase H is virus coded.

M H Lai, I M Verma, S R Tronick, S A Aaronson
PMCID: PMC525872  PMID: 81314

Abstract

RNase H of a temperature-sensitive mutant of Rauscher murine leukemia virus is thermolabile, establishing this activity as a virus-coded function of the mammalian type C virus reverse transcriptase.

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