Diagram Of Hiv 2. Vertical transmission occurs when hiv is passed from mother to baby either in the womb during birth or via breastfeeding. Posted on 15122020 15122020.
In this structure a short piece of rna yellow is bound to one copy of nucleocapsid orange. The genome consists of 9200 9600 nucleotides in the case of hiv 1 and approximately 9800 nucleotides in the case of hiv 2 drawing. Hiv is an approximately 100 nm icosahedral structure with 72 external spikes that are formed by the two major envelope glycoproteins gp120 and gp41two major types of the aids virus hiv 1 and hiv 2 have been identified.
Hiv is ss rna virus.
Proteins including the enzyme reverse transcriptase a protein coat capsid a viral envelope consisting of a lipid bilayer and glycoproteins. It is composed of two copies of positive sense single stranded rna that codes for the viruss nine genes enclosed by a conical capsid composed of 2000 copies of the viral protein p24the single stranded rna is tightly. It is roughly spherical with a diameter of about 120 nm around 60 times smaller than a red blood cell. The hiv virus is made up of several key components.