Intravirion nucleic acid replication
Karl Fischer
kfischer at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
Sat Aug 26 06:14:55 EST 1995
The virus we work with (hepatitis B virus) encapsidates a pregenomic RNA
which is reverse transcribed WITHIN the virus capsid to give the partially
double-stranded DNA genome.
My question is - What other viruses demonstrate intravirion replication of
their genome as opposed to ex virion synthesis then encapsidation?
I suspect caulimovirus (another pararetrovirus) does this but am curious
as to what other viruses utilize this strategy.
Cheers
Karl
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Karl Fischer
tyr-2 at bones.biochem.ualberta.ca
kfischer at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
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