retrovirus
Noun
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Any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA);
The virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell (synset 101338923)is a type of: animal virus - an animal pathogen that is a virussubtypes:- htlv-1, human t-cell leukemia virus-1 - retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia
- hiv, human immunodeficiency virus - the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
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