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Retrovirus-like particles containing RNA homologous to the transposable element copia in Drosophila melanogaster

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The presence in cultured Drosophila melanogaster cells of retrovirus-like particles containing 5 kilobase RNA molecules homologous to the transposable element copia provides support for the suggested evolutionary relationship between retroviruses and eukaryotic movable genetic elements.

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    Kaoru Saigo

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Shiba, T., Saigo, K. Retrovirus-like particles containing RNA homologous to the transposable element copia in Drosophila melanogaster. Nature 302, 119–124 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/302119a0

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