Retrovirus life cycle, animation. Molecules on the surface of the virus interact with receptors on the cell membrane allowing the virus to enter the cell. Shown here is clathrin (red triangles)-dependent endocytosis of the virus particle, which may be used by some retroviruses to enter a cell. The virus fuses with an endosome, which causes the virus to disassemble. It sheds its envelope (green) and the viral nucleocapsid (white) disintegrates releasing the RNA (ribonucleic acid, red) genetic material into the host cell's cytoplasm. Once released from the virus particle the RNA is transcribed into double stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) by reverse transcriptase. The DNA is then able to integrate into the host cell chromosome, where it hijacks the cell's nuclear machinery, causing it to produce viral RNA molecules and proteins. | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit : | Science Photo Library / Biocosmos / Francis Leroy & Anthony Lombaerts |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Durée : | 01:29 Minutes |
Aspect ratio : | 16/9 |
Restrictions : | - |