Replication

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The fifth of seven steps in the HIV life cycle. Once HIV is integrated into the host CD4 cell DNA, the virus begins to use the machinery of the CD4 cell to create long chains of HIV proteins. The protein chains are the building blocks for more HIV.

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Life Cycle
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Graphic of the replication step of the HIV life cycle.
Life cycle of HIV: 1) cell binding, 2) fusion, 3) reverse transcription, 4) Integration, 5) replication, 6) assembly, and 7) budding out.

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