Viruses That Jump Around

by Gertrud U. Rey Australian koalas are currently being invaded by koala retrovirus A (KoRV-A), a virus that causes an AIDS-like immunodeficiency and makes infected koalas more susceptible to cancers and opportunistic infections such as chlamydia. Retroviruses owe their name to their replication cycle, because their RNA genomes are reverse transcribed into DNA which is […]
Source: virology blog - Category: Virology Authors: Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey Information genome integration koala retrovirus KOR-A piRNA piwi protein retrotransposon rna silencing unspliced RNA viral viruses Source Type: blogs