How do viral reverse transcriptases recognize their RNA genome?

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 tra...

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Published in:FEBS Letters 1991-08, Vol.287 (1), p.1-4
Main Authors: Mesnard, Jean-Michel, Lebeurier, Geneviéve
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIDS/HIV
Biological and medical sciences
CaMV
Capsid
Capsid - genetics
Capsid - metabolism
cauliflower mosaic virus
commelina yellow mottle virus
CoYMV
DNA Transposable Elements
Encapsidation: Viroplasm
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
HBV
Hepadnaviridae
Hepadnaviridae - enzymology
Hepadnaviridae - genetics
hepadnavirus
hepatitis B virus
HIV-1
HIV-1 - enzymology
HTLV-II
human immunodeficiency virus 1
human T-cell leukemia virus type II
Life Sciences
Mazon-Pfizer monkey virus
Microbiology
Microbiology and Parasitology
MMTV
Moloney murine leukemia virus
MoMLV
mouse mammary tumor virus
MPMV
open reading frame
ORF
Replicative cycle, interference, host-virus relations, pathogenicity, miscellaneous strains
Retroviridae
Retroviridae - enzymology
Retroviridae - genetics
Retrovirus: Pararetrovirus
Reverse transcription
RNA, Viral
RNA, Viral - metabolism
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase - metabolism
Rous sarcoma virus
RSV
Virology
Viruses
Viruses - enzymology
Viruses - genetics
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0014-5793
1873-3468
DOI:10.1016/0014-5793(91)80002-K