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Yes, HIV is an RNA virus. However infectious HIV is more than just RNA.
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When human immunodeficiency virus HIV attaches to a host cell what genetic material is released into the cell's cytoplasm?
Within the HIV capsid is the genetic material RNA along with two reverse transcriptase enzymes to copy the RNA into DNA inside the invaded cell.
Is the HIV virus double-stranded?
No, HIV is a retrovirus - it has a single-stranded RNA genome.
What would the HIV viral sequence of AUCUU be converted to and by what enzyme?
The HIV virus is an RNA virus, so you know the sequence AUCUU is the RNA sequence. (You also know it is RNA because it contains uracil.) HIV is a retrovirus, so its RNA will be transcribed to DNA by the enzyme reverse transcriptase and then inserted into the host's genome. The RNA sequence of AUCUU would be transcribed to TAGTT.
Example for bacterial RNA viruses?
Flu and HIV
Is a HIV virus an exemple of DNA containing virus?
HIV is an RNA-virus. It does not contain DNA.
What is rna polymerase play a role in the hiv infection?
RNA Polymerase is an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
Is herpes a DNA virus or RNA virus?
AIDS is not a virus. However, HIV is a RNA virus.
How is transcription for hiv different from normal cell transcription?
HIV contains two copies of a single-stranded RNA that is copied into DNA as part of its replication whereas normal cell transcription goes from DNA to RNA
What enzyme turns HIV rna into HIV DNA?
The enzyme is called reverse transcriptase. The class of HIV drugs that block this process are called reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
A virus that stores its genetic information as RNA is called?
It is called a Retrovirus HIV is an example of a Retrovirus
Is the common cold and HIV from the same virus?
No the cold virus is rhinovirus,where as HIV&AIDS is a retrovirus it reproduces by changing DNA into RNA.
Why is the HIV virus called a retrovirus?
HIV is considered a retrovirus because has enzyme reverse transcriptase.HIV has RNA as genetic material.Using reverse transcriptase HIV synthesizes Double strand DNA inside the host cell using host's materials.
