Back فيروس ساركوما روس ARZ Rous-Sarkom-Virus German Virus del sarcoma de Rous Spanish Rousin sarkoomavirus Finnish Virus du sarcome de Rous French Rous sarcoma virus HE रोउस सार्कोमा वाइरस Hindi Virus del sarcoma di Rous Italian ラウス肉腫ウイルス Japanese Virus del Sarcoma de Rous LMO
| Rous sarcoma virus | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Pararnavirae |
| Phylum: | Artverviricota |
| Class: | Revtraviricetes |
| Order: | Ortervirales |
| Family: | Retroviridae |
| Genus: | Alpharetrovirus |
| Species: | Rous sarcoma virus
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Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) (/raʊs/) 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.