Once inside its host cell, the nucleic acids of the virus di…

Once inside its host cell, the nucleic acids of the virus direct the host cell to make multiple copies of the virus. There are several different routes that a virus can take, depending on its type of nucleic acid and whether the host cell has a nucleus or not (bacteriophages).  One class of animal viruses is known as retroviruses.  What is special about these viruses?