Retrovirus

Real World Example

Imagine you're trying to understand a foreign language, but you only have a dictionary that translates it into your native tongue. This is similar to how a retrovirus operates, as it carries its genetic information in RNA and needs to convert it into DNA to be understood and used by the host cell. Just like using a dictionary to translate foreign words into your language to make sense of them, a retrovirus uses an enzyme called reverse transcriptase to translate its RNA into DNA, which the host cell can then integrate and replicate, thus perpetuating the virus.