amalgamgrillz Membership Revoked Removed 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Jun 24, 2008 Messages 1,079 Reaction score 4 Points 4,571 Location USA Pre-Dental Jan 11, 2011 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad Hey everyone I'm wondering why this statement is "True" regarding viruses: c) RNA viruses are called retroviruses I was under the impression that not ALL RNA viruses are retroviruses (ie. rotaviruses, picornaviruses, etc.)
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad Hey everyone I'm wondering why this statement is "True" regarding viruses: c) RNA viruses are called retroviruses I was under the impression that not ALL RNA viruses are retroviruses (ie. rotaviruses, picornaviruses, etc.)
U UCB05 Full Member 15+ Year Member Joined Jun 14, 2009 Messages 813 Reaction score 10 Points 4,817 Pre-Dental Jan 11, 2011 #2 amalgamgrillz said: Hey everyone I'm wondering why this statement is "True" regarding viruses: c) RNA viruses are called retroviruses I was under the impression that not ALL RNA viruses are retroviruses (ie. rotaviruses, picornaviruses, etc.) Click to expand... You are correct. All retroviruses start with RNA, but not all RNA viruses are retroviruses. Some are. Upvote 0 Downvote
amalgamgrillz said: Hey everyone I'm wondering why this statement is "True" regarding viruses: c) RNA viruses are called retroviruses I was under the impression that not ALL RNA viruses are retroviruses (ie. rotaviruses, picornaviruses, etc.) Click to expand... You are correct. All retroviruses start with RNA, but not all RNA viruses are retroviruses. Some are.
W whataday Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Apr 14, 2010 Messages 47 Reaction score 1 Points 4,551 Pre-Dental Jan 11, 2011 #3 Are you using the old version? I don't see this question in the 2011 destroyer. Upvote 0 Downvote
F Flatsfisher New Member 10+ Year Member Joined Oct 11, 2010 Messages 1 Reaction score 0 Points 0 Location sunshine Pre-Dental Jan 11, 2011 #4 A retrovirus is an RNA virus that is replicated in a host cell via the enzyme reverse transcriptase to produce DNA from its RNA genome, that's the difference. Good question! Keep grinding it out. Upvote 0 Downvote
A retrovirus is an RNA virus that is replicated in a host cell via the enzyme reverse transcriptase to produce DNA from its RNA genome, that's the difference. Good question! Keep grinding it out.
