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Coffin JM, Hughes SH, Varmus HE, editors. Retroviruses. Cold Spring Harbor (NY): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 1997.

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Table 2Sizes of Retroviral LTR Components (U3-R-U5) and Genomes

RetrovirusU3RU5Genome (R to R)
Type B
 MMTV1197151208,588
Avian type C
 RSV23321809,312
 ALV22921807,286
Mammalian type C
 MLV44768758,332
Type D
 M-PMVa 22525957,835
 SRV-1a 22525967,848
HTLV/BLV
 HTLV-13532282218,528
 BLV211229938,418
Lentiviruses
 HIV-145498849,181
 HIV-24571741299,671
Spumaviruses
 HFV777 (914)b 19115511,159
 SFV-11,42118315411,669
 SFVcpz1,29417015511,521
Fish
 WDSV440777312,195
Fly
 Gypsy191532387,040
a

The M-PMV and SRV-1 cap site and potential poly(A) addition sites are the current best estimates. The lengths are approximate.

b

The 3′LTR U3 region of HFV contains a 137-nucleotide insertion at position 507 of the 5′LTR U3 region.

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