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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the pathogen which
causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). This
section includes information about HIV's interaction
with the immune system, current treatments, and a problem
set to test your knowledge.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu |
Molecular
Insights Into HIV Biology
Bringing the global HIV epidemic under control will
require more effective approaches to prevent the spread
of the retrovirus, as well as broader use of existing
and future antiretroviral drugs.
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu |
Structural
biology of HIV.
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genome encodes
a total of three structural proteins, two envelope proteins,
three enzymes, and six accessory proteins.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ |
Molecular
Biology of HIV
HIV is also a retrovirus. This means that it has a single
stranded RNA genome that is converted to a double stranded
cDNA by reverse transcriptase.
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