Retrovirus
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Key Points
- Retroviruses
- Characteristics
- RNA viruses
- replicate in the nucleus of cells
- unlike most RNA viruses, which replicate in the cytoplasm
- Single-stranded
- replicate in the nucleus of cells
- + sense
- Linear chromosome
- 2 copies of genome (diploid)
- Enveloped
- Capsid is icosahedral (HTLV) or conical (HIV)
- possesses reverse transcriptase
- RNA viruses
- Characteristics
- Medical importance
- HTLV
- HIV/AIDS