A class of enveloped viruses (e.g., HIV) that have their genetic material in the form of RNA. They infiltrate RNA and establish a template for foreign DNA to be established in the host, a process known as reverse transcription or transcriptase involving RNA ‚aa DNA information transfer. Can result in the production of abnormal protein (e.g., prions).
See Central dogma of molecular biology, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), Prions, Reverse genetics, RNA