Retroviruses | German Center for Infection Research

Short description

Retroviruses possess a genome made of ribonucleic acid (RNA), which they transcribe into DNA using an own enzyme. DNA is then integrated into the host cell’s genome.

Detailed description

The production of double-stranded DNA using single-stranded RNA as a template is reversed to the usual flow of genetic information. Therefore, these viruses are called retroviruses. Among them are viruses that can cause tumors due to their integration into the host genome. A common example for a retrovirus if the .

Jul 2022

Viruses

Influenza A Virus Infection Reactivates Human Endogenous Retroviruses Associated with Modulation of Antiviral Immunity

Autoren

Liu H et al.

New therapeutic approach may help to cure chronic hepatitis B infection

Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) have developed a novel therapeutic approach to cure chronic hepatitis

German National Reference Centre for Retroviruses at the LMU

The Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) has been appointed German National Reference Centre for Retroviruses. With this, it assumes central networking tasks

Children who keep HIV in check

Some HIV-infected – and untreated children – who do not develop AIDS, control the virus in a different way from the few infected adults who remain disease-free. Scientists at LMU´s Max von Pettenkofer