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Six RNA viruses have now been shown to contain DNA polymerase activities directed by single-stranded RNA, double-stranded RNA and double-stranded DNA. It is further demonstrated that DNA–RNA hybrids, such as synthetic dC.rG, act as even more effective templates.
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SPIEGELMAN, S., BURNY, A., DAS, M. et al. Synthetic DNA–RNA Hybrids and RNA–RNA Duplexes as Templates for the Polymerases of the Oncogenic RNA Viruses. Nature 228, 430–432 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228430a0
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