The HIV Life Cycle Explained

This video introduces how HIV enters the host cell and co-opts the cellular machinery to reproduce. 

Topics

  • method video
  • lab video
  • CCR5
  • HIV
  • retrovirus
  • HIV lifecycle
  • AIDS
  • virus
  • RNA
  • matrix proteins
  • capsid proteins
  • video
  • CD4 cells
  • CD4 receptor
  • immune receptor
  • macrophage
  • virology
  • T-cells
  • GP41
  • GP120
  • coreceptor
  • CXCR4
  • fusion
  • reverse transcriptase
  • latency
  • translation
  • eukaryotic translation
  • eukaryotic transcription
  • mRNA
  • polyprotein
  • structural proteins
  • structural polyproteins
  • buds
  • immune response
  • immune suppression
  • polymerase
  • protease
  • virions
  • lifecycle