Question

How is a retrovirus different from a regular virus?(1 point)
Responses

Retroviruses use RNA to create cells with their reproductive information in its DNA, instead of using DNA or their genetic code to make RNA to construct proteins.
Retroviruses use RNA to create cells with their reproductive information in its DNA, instead of using DNA or their genetic code to make RNA to construct proteins.

Retroviruses infect their host but need to wait for a specific trigger to wake up. Then the infected cell begins to create the retrovirus, causing a significant delay or a long period of symptoms.
Retroviruses infect their host but need to wait for a specific trigger to wake up. Then the infected cell begins to create the retrovirus, causing a significant delay or a long period of symptoms.

Retroviruses are viruses we thought we had cured, but have come back in a new, similar, or look alike virus.
Retroviruses are viruses we thought we had cured, but have come back in a new, similar, or look alike virus.

Retroviruses are any virus that has persisted with a semi stable genome for 10 years

Answer 1

Retroviruses use RNA and reverse-transcribe it into DNA that integrates into the host genome — option 1.

(They carry reverse transcriptase to make DNA from RNA, unlike typical DNA viruses or RNA viruses that do not integrate.)