Evolution and Medicine Flashcards
1
Q
This is a lentivirus that causes AIDS. Infection normally occurs through bodily fluids.
It causes the failure of the immune system
A
HIV
2
Q
What type of genome does HIV have?
A
An RNA genome
3
Q
This is the enzyme the virus uses to convert RNA into DNA
A
Reverse transcriptase
4
Q
This is the most precise enzyme in the world and corrects DNA sequences in the human genome.
A
DNA polymerase
5
Q
Why does the virus use a poor enzyme in the host cell machinery?
A
Because it can produce more variants that way as reverse transcriptase has a poor proofreading function, and so will result in lots of variants and mutations
