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mbreese
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There are both DNA and RNA viruses.
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WiseWeasel
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G(uanine), C(ytosine) and U(racil) are RNA nucleotides, so it seemed more appropriate somehow...
mbreese
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I missed the fact that you were referring to "GCU". That was a little too subtle for my simple mind. :)
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And retroviruses- an RNA virus that reverse transcribes itself into a DNA provirus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_transcribing_virus
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