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A retrovirus is a type of RNA virus that contains the enzyme reverse transcriptase, which allows its genetic information to be integrated into the host DNA.
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Virus uses host cell machinery to multiply, means its genetic material gets integrated to host cell genome to replicate or to increase in number . Since, retrovirus is single stranded RNA virus it has to get converted into DNA first. With the help of its own enzyme reverse transcription the RNA gets...
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Virus uses host cell machinery to multiply, means its genetic material gets integrated to host cell genome to replicate or to increase in number . Since, retrovirus is single stranded RNA virus it has to get converted into DNA first. With the help of its own enzyme reverse transcription the RNA gets converted into DNA hence retro (reverse) because generally genetic information is transferred from DNA to RNA to protein but in case of retro virus it is RNA to DNA to RNA to protein. An excellent example is HIV. read less
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