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The virion contains a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase which replicates duplex DNA and an endonuclease which attacks it. A ligase system may also be present.
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MIZUTANI, S., BOETTIGER, D. & TEMIN, H. A DNA-dependent DNA Polymerase and a DNA Endonuclease in Virions of Rous Sarcoma Virus. Nature 228, 424–427 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228424a0
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