RNA Viruses
According to the Baltimore classification system for viruses, groups III, IV, and V are RNA viruses, which use RNA as their genetic material. The viral genome is composed of dsRNA (Group III), (+)ssRNA (Group IV), or (−)ssRNA (Group V). This text explores how RNA viruses transcribe their genome to produce viral proteins, how RNA viruses replicate their genome, and examples of RNA viruses that cause disease in humans.
Topics
- (−)ssRNA
- (+)ssRNA
- antiviral mechanism
- Baltimore classification
- Baltimore group
- capsid
- coronavirus
- dsRNA
- ebolavirus
- flavivirus
- genome replication
- group III virus
- group IV virus
- group V virus
- hepacivirus
- host cell machinery
- host cell
- influenza virus
- negative sense
- negative-sense RNA
- picobirnavirus
- poliovirus
- positive sense
- positive-sense RNA
- rabies virus
- RdRP
- ribosome
- RNA virus
- RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
- rotavirus
- ssRNA
- transcription
- translation
- vesicle
- viral classification
- viral genome
- viral mRNA
- viral protein
- virus