Retrovirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A retrovirus is an RNA virus that is replicated in a host cell via the enzyme reverse transcriptase to produce DNA from its RNA genome. The DNA is then incorporated into the host's genome by an inte...
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XMRV is a retrovirus, a family of viruses that includes HIV and HTLV-1, known to cause cancer and immune deficiencies in humans. Retroviruses carry their genetic information in RNA rather than DNA, and this is converted to DNA when they invade host cells.
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www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166838.php
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In February 1997 it was reported that pig cells contain a retrovirus capable of infecting human cells (at least, in vitro). This is troublesome because of the efforts that are being made to transplant pig tissue into humans (e.g., fetal pig cells into the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease).
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; Legend:; Illustration of the structure of a retrovirus. ... Retroviruses contain RNA as the hereditary material in place of the more common DNA. In addition to RNA, retrovirus particles also contain the enzyme reverse transcriptase (or RTase), which causes synthesis of a complementary DNA molecule (cDNA) using virus RNA as...
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Legend:; Process by which retroviruses use a host cell to replicate. ... Retroviruses contain viral RNA and several copies of reverse transcriptase (DNA polymerase). After infecting a cell, ... An example of this process is illustrated in the replication of the retrovirus, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).
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www.accessexcellence.org/AB/GG/retrovirus.html
www.accessexcellence.org/AB/GG/retrovirus.html
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Collection of tools and reference sequences for retrovirus research ... Welcome to the collection of resources at NCBI specifically designed to support the retrovirus research community.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/retroviruses/
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/retroviruses/
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Recently implicated in some severe prostate cancer patients, the retrovirus XMRV has now been found in many with chronic fatigue--changing the landscape for diagnosis and possible treatment ... To find the retrovirus, Mikovits and her team studied documented cases, such as CFS outbreaks in a symphony orchestra in North...
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Retroviruses have received much attention in recent years (even before the discovery of the first human retrovirus in 1981), but they have a long history:
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www.microbiologybytes.com/virology/Retroviruses.html
www.microbiologybytes.com/virology/Retroviruses.html
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