Health / Disease / Retrovirus: A type of RNA virus (such as HIV ) that reproduces by transcribing itself into DNA (using reverse transcriptase). The resultant DNA inserts itself into a cell?€™s DNA and is reproduced by the cell.
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Health / Disease / Endogenous Retrovirus: Integrated retroviruses derived from infection of the germline (egg or sperm) of an ancestral organism. All vertebrates are thought to carry numerous endogenous retroviruses. MORE
Science / Biology / Retroviruses: Viruses that contain a single strand of RNA as their genetic material and reproduce by copying the RNA into a complementary DNA strand using the enzyme reverse transcriptase. The single-stranded DNA i MORE
Science / Biology / Reverse Transcription: Process of transcribing a single-stranded DNA from a single-stranded RNA (the reverse of transcription); used by retroviruses as well as in biotechnology. MORE
Science / Biology / Reverse Transcriptase: An enzyme used in the replication of retroviruses; aids in copying the retroviruss RNA into a complementary strand of DNA once inside the host cell. MORE
Science / Biology / Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): The retrovirus that attacks T-cells in the human immune system, destroying the bodys defenses and allowing the development of AIDS. MORE