title: How do viral reverse transcriptases recognize their RNA genome?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du C.N.R.S., Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mesnard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lebeurier
mesh_terms: D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000201:enzymology; D015613:Hepadnaviridae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D014780:Viruses / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase