structure - HIV consists of a core of RNA bounded by a protein coat and a lipid bilayer containing glycoprotein.
HIV is retrovirus - 'any group of RNA viruses which insert a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell in order to replicate.'
process
- HIV viruse deliver the RNA with the enzyme reverse transcriptase into the host cell.
- The enzyme catalyses the synthesis of DNA from RNA
- host cell makes copies of viruses
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