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. 2021 Jul 10;25(3):101594. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101594

Fig. 1.

Fig 1

Schematic representation of the morphological components of HTLV-1/2. The nucleocapsid is composed of capsid proteins (p24 – genome protection), viral genomic RNA (ssRNA+ - genetic code), reverse transcriptase (p55 – RNA reverse transcription), protease (p10 - hydrolysis of viral peptides), and integrase (p32 – DNA proviral integration). The viral matrix is composed of the p19 protein and surrounds the nucleocapsid. The viral envelope is externally composed of a lipid bilayer plus the viral glycoproteins gp21 and gp46.