dsDNA-RT virus
| DsDNA-RT virus | |
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| File:Virions-Electron micrograph of CaMV virions.png | |
| Electron micrograph of Cauliflower mosaic virus virions | |
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group VII (dsDNA-RT)
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| Families | |
dsDNA-RT viruses are the seventh group in the Baltimore virus classification. They are not considered DNA viruses (class I of Baltimore classification), but, rather reverse transcribing viruses because they replicate through an RNA intermediate. It includes the families Hepadnaviridae and Caulimoviridae.
The term "pararetrovirus" is also used for this group.[1] The term was introduced in 1985.[2]
References
- ^ Khan, Jawaid A.; Dijkstra, Jeanne (2002). Plant viruses as molecular pathogens. Psychology Press. pp. 317–. ISBN 978-1-56022-895-0. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ Temin HM (November 1985). "Reverse transcription in the eukaryotic genome: retroviruses, pararetroviruses, retrotransposons, and retrotranscripts". Mol. Biol. Evol. 2 (6): 455–68. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040365. PMID 2835576.
