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Several RNA tumour viruses contain an enzyme that synthesizes a DNA–RNA hybrid using the single stranded viral RNA as template. Hybridization experiments confirm that the DNA strand is complementary to the viral RNA.
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SPIEGELMAN, S., BURNY, A., DAS, M. et al. Characterization of the Products of RNA-directed DNA Polymerases in Oncogenic RNA Viruses. Nature 227, 563–567 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227563a0
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