Chapter 18, Problem 23CONQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The requirement of gap repair synthesis during human immunodeficiency virus deoxyribonucleic acid (HIV DNA) integration.

Introduction:

When HIV virus enters into the body, first it attacks the white blood cell of the body, then, it tries to enter into the cytoplasm of those cell. After entry into the cell, it releases its RNA into the host. The RNA of virus is reverse transcribed to form double-stranded DNA that integrates into the genome of host cell.