- ****emble new
copies of the virus. Many
retroviruses cause serious diseases in humans,
other mammals, and birds.
Retroviruses have many
subfamilies in
three basic...
-
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are
endogenous viral elements in the
genome that
closely resemble and can be
derived from
retroviruses. They are abundant...
- also pose risks. Of
particular concern are
PERVS (porcine
endogenous retroviruses),
vertically transmitted microbes that
embed in
swine genomes. The risks...
-
viral DNA
polymerase that is
required for
replication of HIV and
other retroviruses. When HIV
infects a cell,
reverse transcriptase copies the
viral single...
-
features with
retroviruses and retrotransposons. When the
retroviral DNA is
integrated into the host
genome they
evolve into
endogenous retroviruses that influence...
-
Research and
Human Retroviruses is a peer-reviewed
scientific journal focusing on HIV/AIDS research, as well as on
human retroviruses and
their related...
- the late
Howard Martin Temin,
Gallo became interested in the
study of
retroviruses, and made
their study the
primary activity of his lab. In 1976, Doris...
-
common origin. Moreover, belpaoviruses, metaviruses, pseudoviruses, and
retroviruses have
other features in common.
Their polymerase proteins are similar...
- transcriptase. The
group includes all ssRNA-RT
viruses (including the
retroviruses) and dsDNA-RT viruses. It is the sole
class in the
phylum Artverviricota...
-
numbers of
endogenous retroviruses, and new
viruses may
arise as the
result of
recombination of
endogenous sequences. As Type C
retroviruses,
replicating murine...
