DsDNA-RT virus

DsDNA-RT viruses are the seventh group in the Baltimore virus classification. They are not considered as DNA viruses (class I of Baltimore classification), but rather reverse transcribing viruses because they replicate through an RNA intermediate. It includes Hepadnaviridae and Caulimoviridae.

The term "pararetrovirus" is also used for this group.^[1] The term was introduced in 1985.^[2]

References

1. ^ Khan, Jawaid A.; Dijkstra, Jeanne (2002). Plant viruses as molecular pathogens. Psychology Press. pp. 317–. ISBN 9781560228950. http://books.google.com/books?id=0sAL2HVZBtgC&pg=PA317. Retrieved 5 August 2011. 
2. ^ Temin HM (November 1985). "Reverse transcription in the eukaryotic genome: retroviruses, pararetroviruses, retrotransposons, and retrotranscripts". Mol. Biol. Evol. 2 (6): 455–68. PMID 2835576. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=2835576.