[family of RNA viruses that infects birds and mammals and encodes the enzyme reverse transcriptase; a key feature of retrovirus biology is the synthesis of a DNA copy of the genome which is integrated into cellular DNA; after integration it is sometimes not expressed but maintained in a latent state. ( CSP )]
UMLS (NCI) C0035366 Relation/PAR: RNA virus
Relation/CHD: alpharetrovirus
Lentivirus
BLV-HTLV Retrovirus
gammaretrovirus
betaretrovirus