Discovering retroviruses beacons in the biosphere

When invading a host cell, viruses seize cell machinery to make copies of their own genes. The immune system recognizes the invasion. In contrast, retroviruses colonize host cells through the process of reverse transcriptase. Retroviruses open host cell DNA and graft in their retroviral RNA, integra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skalka, Anna Marie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2018.
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/1909662.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • Early pioneers
  • Amending the central dogma
  • The origin of retroviruses
  • Retroviruses and evolution
  • Revealing the genetic basis of cancer
  • HIV and the AIDS pandemic.