mellowtigger: (pikachu magnifying glass)
mellowtigger ([personal profile] mellowtigger) wrote 2022-04-12 03:06 pm (UTC)

Famously, HIV does this rna-to-dna conversion.
https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/33

Generally, this activity is done by retroviruses, hence the name ("backwards virus"). So far, it appears to be a very short list of viruses known to do it.
https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/retrovirus/index.html
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