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Covalently Linked RNA-DNA Molecule as Initial Product of RNA Tumour Virus DNA Polymerase

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Reverse transcriptase from avian myeloblastosis virus initially synthesizes from endogenous RNA template a covalently linked DNA–RNA species, which Verma et al. suggest contains a small RNA primer molecule.

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VERMA, I., MEUTH, N., BROMFELD, E. et al. Covalently Linked RNA-DNA Molecule as Initial Product of RNA Tumour Virus DNA Polymerase. Nature New Biology 233, 131–134 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio233131a0

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