The HIV virus that causes AIDS is a retrovirus.What is a retrovirus?
A)a DNA virus that uses DNA as a template in the process of translation
B)an RNA virus that makes proteins directly from RNA
C)an RNA virus that has reverse transcriptase,enabling it to make DNA from RNA
D)a DNA virus that is acellular and is able to reproduce outside a living cell

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A retrovirus is an RNA virus that uses reverse transcriptase to convert its RNA genome into DNA, which can then be integrated into the host cell genome. This allows the virus to use the host cell's machinery to produce more viral RNA and proteins. HIV is a retrovirus because it has reverse transcriptase and can convert its RNA genome into DNA.

The HIV Virus That Causes AIDS Is a Retrovirus