Associations to the word «Provirus»
Noun
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Wiktionary
PROVIRUS, noun. (virology) A virus genome, such as HIV, that integrates itself into the DNA of a host cell so as to be passively replicated along with the host genome.
Dictionary definition
PROVIRUS, noun. CDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell.
Wise words
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