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Before the CD4 cell has
time to realize that it is dealing with a dangerous intruder, the virus
uses its first secret weapon, reverse transcriptase(RT). This transcribes
the genetic material of HIV - i.e. RNA - into the language of human genetic
material, DNA. RT thus plays the role of a translator.
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