HIV Replication
- Fusion of the HIV cell to the host cell surface.
- HIV RNA, reverse transcriptase, integrase, and other viral proteins enter the host cell.
- Viral DNA is formed by reverse transcription.
- Viral DNA is transported across the nucleus and integrates into the host DNA.
- New viral RNA is used as genomic RNA and to make viral proteins.
- New viral RNA and proteins move to cell surface and a new, immature, HIV virus forms.
- The virus matures by protease releasing individual HIV proteins.
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