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HIV Diagram illustrating the process of retrovirus infection and reverse transcription, showing a retrovirus entering a host cell, releasing viral RNA, reverse transcriptase converting RNA to DNA, integration into the host genome, transcription of new viral RNA, assembly of new virions, and budding from the cell. Diagram showing how acutely and slowly transforming retroviruses can cause cancer by infecting normal cells, integrating viral genes, and triggering neoplastic transformation into cancer cells.
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HIV
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 virions (green) budding from a cultured lymphocyte....
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The process of retroviral infection and reverse transcription
After a retrovirus infects a cell, an enzyme known as reverse transcriptase converts...
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Cancer-causing retroviruses
Retroviral insertion can convert a proto-oncogene, integral to the control of cell...
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