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Reverse transcriptase activity and Ty RNA are associated with virus-like particles in yeast

J Mellor, M H Malim, K Gull

    Nature
    |December 12, 1985
    PubMed
    Summary

    Yeast Ty elements, similar to retroviruses, transpose using an RNA intermediate. Researchers identified the presumed reverse transcriptase activity within virus-like particles containing Ty RNA, confirming its role in transposition.

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