Lentivirus
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Lentivirus is a genus of retroviruses that cause chronic and deadly diseases characterized by long incubation periods, in humans and other mammalian species. The genus includes the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS. Lentiviruses are distributed worldwide, and are known to be hosted in apes, cows, goats, horses, cats, and sheep as well as several other mammals.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumArtverviricota
- ClassRevtraviricetes
- OrderOrtervirales
- FamilyRetroviridae
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Research
139,522 papers- Lentivirus replication and regulation.Annual review of genetics · 1999
- Viral Vector-Based Gene Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
- Lentivirus production.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2009
- Small ruminant lentivirus infections and diseases.Veterinary microbiology · 2015
- Lentivirus infection of macrophages.Immunology series · 1994
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14 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Morphology
- Genome
- Replication
- Proteome
- Antigenic properties
- Epidemiology
- Physicochemical and physical properties
- Use as gene delivery vectors
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- References
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Lentivirus is a genus of retroviruses that cause chronic and deadly diseases characterized by long incubation periods, in humans and other mammalian species. The genus includes the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS. Lentiviruses are distributed worldwide, and are known to be hosted in apes, cows, goats, horses, cats, and sheep as well as several other mammals.
Lentiviruses can integrate a significant amount of viral complementary DNA into the DNA of the host cell and can efficiently infect nondividing cells, so they are one of the most efficient methods of gene delivery. They can become endogenous, integrating their genome into the host germline genome, so that the virus is henceforth inherited by the host's descendants.