Structure

• Envelope

  the phospholipid bilayer
• Capsid


  protein shell, hosts the genome
• GP120

  HIV attachment protein
• Transmembrane Protein

  Allows for HIV to fuse with the membrane
• Nucleocapsid

  contains x2 ssRNA (+)
• Integrase

  incorporates the DNA into the hosts genome once translated
• Protease

  Breaks down gag-poly into it's active form
• Reverse transcriptase

  converts RNA to DNA to incorporate the strands into the host's genome