Question

What are the parts of the Hiv Virus and how do they take part in infecting cells, but also maybe helping the virus survive?

Answer 1

Envelope, Capsid, Enzymes, RNA, Glycoproteins

Step-by-step explanation:

HIV is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus which belongs to the retrovirus. HIV infects humans and causes AIDS ( Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The several parts of HIV are there;

1. HIV Envelope: It is the outer covering of the HIV.

2. Capsid: it is the HIV core which contains genetic material RNA.

3. HIV Enzymes: Enzymes reverse transcriptase are responsible for the entire life cycle of HIV to synthesize the viral protein.

4. HIV RNA: RNA is the genetic material of HIV.

5. Glycoproteins: These are the protein spikes that are fitted in the HIV envelope.

HIV is a retrovirus which infects the WBCs of the human beings and attached to the helper T-cells (T4 lymphocytes). They control over the host DNA and replicate in the host's cell and synthesize more viruses.

Infectious HIV can be recovered from the dead body of human beings in between 11 and 16 days after death if the body keeps at a low temperature i.e. 2 degree Celsius.