Retrovirus

Question 1

What does retrovirus do

Answer 1

Utilizes the cell as a HOST to replicate and destroy the cell

Question 2

3 facts of Retrovirus

Answer 2

• 1single strand of RNA
• comes into the body with ENZYME, reverse transcriptase
• virus gets into the cell (nucleus) then into DNA (CD4)

Question 3

Normal: Protein made in the rough ER

Answer 3

Dna-> mRNA-> Rough ER-> protein

Transcription ->translation

Question 4

HIV retrovirus

Answer 4

Looks for major RECEPTOR that will accept the retrovirus (CD4)

VRNA->VDNA-> VmRNA-> Rough ER-> VProtein

(Reverse transcription-> transcription-> translation)

Question 5

Retrovirus can lay dormant for

Answer 5

10 years

Question 6

To test for HIV measures the

Answer 6

Antibodies the body is producing against mRna

Question 7

Makes protein to kill your own

Answer 7

T-cells