Organization, Integration, and Transcription of Transforming Genes of Oncogenic Human Adenovirus Types 12 and 7

Invertrons, a class of structurally and functionally related genetic elements that includes linear DNA plasmids, transposable elements, and genomes of adeno-type viruses.

“…Adenoviruses and B. subtilis 4)29 have features in common with each other and with linear DNA plasmids. The DNA structure of adenoviruses and its physiological function have been well studied (5,16,17,49,72). In viral form the DNA has identical inverted terminal repeats about 100 bp long.…”