A retrovirus's an RNA virus that's replicated in a host cell via the enzyme reverse transcriptase to produce DNA from its RNA genome. The DNA's then incorporated into the host's genome by an integrase enzyme. The virus thereafter replicates as part of the host cell's DNA. Retroviruses are enveloped viruses that belong to the viral family Retroviridae. The virus itself stores its nucleic acid in the form of a +mRNA (including the 5'cap and 3'PolyA inside the virion) genome and serves as a means… (
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