| Title: |
AIDS Life Cycle Illustration |
| Description: |
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-I) enters the T-lymphocyte where the virus loses its outer envelop, releasing its RNA and its reverse transcriptase. The reverse transcriptase builds a complimentary DNA strand from the viral RNA template. The DNA helix is inserted into the host genome. When this is transcribed by the infected cell, the new viral RNA and proteins are produced to form new viruses that then bud from the cell membrane, thus completing the life cycle of the virus. See artwork: GR-32.
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| Topics/Categories: |
Cancer Types -- AIDS-Related |
| Type: |
Color, Illustration (JPEG format) |
| Source: |
National Cancer Institute |
| Creator: |
Trudy Nicholson (Illustrator) |
| AV Number: |
AV-8708-3002 |
| Date Created: |
August 1987 |
| Date Added: |
January 1, 2001 |
| Reuse Restrictions: |
None - This image is in the public domain and can be freely reused. Please credit the source and, where possible, the creator listed above.
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