B0005755 HIV particles budding from a lymphocyte

B0005755 HIV particles budding from a lymphocyte
Credit: R. Dourmashkin. Wellcome Images
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) particles (pink) budding from the surface of a T cell (a type of lymphocyte).The viruses replicate inside the cell with the different components gathering at the cell membrane to be assembled into new virus particles.
Transmission electron micrograph
2004 Published: –

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