Abstract:
"The retroviruses represent a diverse family of RNA containing viruses. In this family
of viruses, the RNA is reverse transcribed into double-stranded DNA which subsequently
integrates into the genome of the host cell (Coffin,1992;Lee and Coffin,1990). These viruses
have been classified into two groups: simple and complex retroviruses. While the simple
retroviruses encode only the critical proteins such as gag, pol and capsid, the complex
retroviruses also encode additional regulatory proteins including Tat and rev (Figure-1.1)
(Shida,2012)."
