The structure of the human immune virus is a
well organized one, there are distinctive layers the separates different parts
of the virus and also layers and which perform distinct functions. The well
arranged contents in the HIV cell are being enveloped by a layer known as the
viral envelope. To see the contents of the
cell, part of the viral envelope has to be taken off ( as you can see in the 3d
model adjacent). The surface of the cell is however not smooth due to the
presence of some little projections that are known as the co-receptor,
which
HIV CELL
the virus uses in attaching itself to cells it intend to attack. If the viral
envelope is slightly opened a sort of watery substance (cytoplasm) is first
reached, followed by another set of organelles which is being encapsulated by
the nucleocapsid. The organelles inside the nucleocapsid are the vital ones; the
thread like RNA (ribonucleic acid) and the enzyme reverse transcriptase that the
aids the cell when attacking.
