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PROVIRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("provirus" is a kind of...):
cDNA; complementary DNA (single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase)
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