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What is the difference in the function of the glycoprotein structures of an HIV virion and the cilia of an animal cell?

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The main functions of retroviral glycoproteins are recognition and binding to the cellular virus receptor as well as fusion of viral and cellular lipid membranes to release the viral particle into the cytoplasm of the host cell.
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