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Deltaretrovirus

Retroviridae, Orthoretrovirinae

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The Springer Index of Viruses

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Virion

Morphology:

Icosahedral

Envelope:

Yes

Diameter (nm):

60–125

Length (nm):

–

Structural components:

Core, capsid, envelope

Buoyant density (g/mL):

1.15–1.18

Buoyant density method:

–

Lipid composition:

–

Additional information:

Viral envelope proteins complexed with cellular lipid bilayer

Genome

Nucleic acid:

RNA

Strandedness:

Single-stranded

Polarity:

Positive-sense

Configuration:

Linear

Segment organization:

Segment no. 1 (kb):

8.4–9.0

One segment(s):

8.4–9 (kb) total (calculated)

G + C content (%):

53.1–54.2

mRNA transcripts:

8–9

Open reading frames:

10

Additional information:

Viral particle contains 70 S RNA, i.e., two copies of 38 S polyadenylated RNA

Replication

Entry mechanism:

Receptors Glut-1 and Neuropilin-1 (for HTLV); viral envelope-mediated cell fusion

Site of transcription:

Nucleus

Transcriptase:

Cellular DNA-dependent RNA polymerase

Site of genome replication:

Integration into cellular chromosomal DNA

Replicase:

Virus-encoded RNA-dependent DNA polymerase

Replication...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), University of Liège, 13 avenue Maréchal Juin, Gembloux, B5030, Belgium

    Lucas Willems Ph.D.

  2. Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), 13 avenue Maréchal Juin, Gembloux, 5030, Belgium

    Mathieu Boxus Ph.D. (Faculty of Agronomy) & Amel Bouzar PhD (Faculty of Agronomy)

  3. Molecular and Cellular Biology, FNRS FUSAG, 13 avenue Maréchal Juin, Gembloux, B5030, Belgium

    Arnaud Florins PhD

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  1. Lucas Willems Ph.D.
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Correspondence to Lucas Willems Ph.D. .

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  1. Buchener Str. 5a, 69429, Waldbrunn, Germany

    Christian Tidona

  2. Blumenthalstr. 9, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Gholamreza Darai

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Willems, L., Boxus, M., Florins, A., Bouzar, A. (2011). Deltaretrovirus. In: Tidona, C., Darai, G. (eds) The Springer Index of Viruses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95919-1_273

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