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HIV infects the immune system and destroys t helper cells. The HIV then begins making copies of itself and increases its ability to kill t helper cells and CD4. Both CD4 and t helper cells are produced in your body to help you fight off disease. If those cells are mostly killed off then there is no way that your body will survive the HIV virus.
When the host cell becomes activated, and the virus uses your own enzymes to create more of its genetic material- along with a more specialized genetic material which allows it to make longer proteins. It's assembled by a special enzyme called protease, cuts the longer HIV proteins into individual proteins.
HIV transcribes its RNA into DNAIt uses an enzyme called "Reverse Transcriptase" which is when an enzyme reads the sequence of viral RNA nucleic acids that have entered the host cell and transcribes the sequence into complementary DNA.
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HIV incorporates its DNA into the hosts chromosomeRetrovirus copies its RNA into DNA. Then the DNA itself inserts into the host cell chromosome. The viral DNA intergrates into the hosts DNA.
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How HIV proteins are produced in the host cellHIV can infect many cell in your body, including brain cells. But its main target is CD4 Lymphocyte, also called a t cell. As soon as the CD4 is infected with the virus, HIV will go through multiple steps to reproduce itself and create many more virus particles.
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