Aragon, June 2019, option A, question 4.
AIDS is caused by the HIV virus, whose genetic material is in the form of RNA. Explain the cycle of this virus. (2 points)
Aragon. September 2017, option B, question 5.
AIDS is a disease that affects humans. The cause is a virus that has its genetic material in the form of RNA. When this virus infects a cell, it can lie dormant for years. (2 points)
a. What type of reproductive cycle do you think this virus exhibits? Justify your answer. (1 point)
b. What is the name of the process that the RNA of the virus must follow to integrate into the DNA of the infected cell? Briefly explain what it consists of. (1 point)
Valencian Community, July 2017, option A, block 4, question 1.
HIV virions have RNA as their genetic material. However, when they infect a cell they make a copy of its RNA in the form of DNA (4 points).
a) What is this process called and what is the most important enzyme involved?
b) What is the importance of this process in the HIV cycle?
Asturias, June 2021, question 5B, part A
When a patient is detected with a disease caused by a retrovirus, they are treated with specific inhibitors of viral reverse transcriptase (reverse transcriptase) and, then, the amount of virus drops sharply.
a) Reasonably explain the basis for this effect. (Maximum score 1 point)