Rous sarcoma virus

Rous sarcoma virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Pararnavirae
Phylum: Artverviricota
Class: Revtraviricetes
Order: Ortervirales
Family: Retroviridae
Genus: Alpharetrovirus
Species:
Rous sarcoma virus

Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) (/rs/) is a retrovirus and is the first oncovirus to have been described. It causes sarcoma in chickens.

As with all retroviruses, it reverse transcribes its RNA genome into cDNA before integration into the host DNA.