Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) primer binding site (PBS)

This family represents a structured region around the Rous sarcoma virus

Rous sarcoma virus

Rous sarcoma virus is a retrovirus and is the first oncovirus to have been described: it causes sarcoma in chickens.As with all retroviruses, it reverse transcribes its RNA genome into cDNA before integration into the host DNA.-History:...

primer binding site (PBS). This region is known to be required for the efficient initiation of reverse transcription.

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