Retroviruses

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Retroviruses are single-stranded, negative sense RNA viruses

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Retroviruses are distinguished from all other RNA viruses by the presence of reverse transcriptase

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The viral envelope of retroviruses contains 72 spiked knobs

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Retroviruses have a cone-shaped, icosahedral core, containing the major capsid protein CA (p24)

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Retroviruses are haploid, containing only one copy of positive sense ssRNA genome

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