The Life Cycle of HIV
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Stage 2 - Penetration (Figure 22)
As the virus fuses with the cell, internalization of the viral core with the associated RNA occurs. Stage 3 - Uncoating (Figure 23)
Partial uncoating of the viral core occurs to expose the viral RNA. Once in the cell cytoplasm, the conversion of the viral
RNA into double-stranded DNA commences as the viral reverse transcriptase becomes active.
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