1. Noun. Any of a group of viruses whose nucleic acid is composed of DNA ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of DNA virus
1. A virus in which the nucleic acid is double or single stranded DNA (rather than RNA). Major groups of double stranded DNA viruses are papovaviruses, adenoviruses, herpes viruses, large bacteriophages and poxviruses: of single stranded, parvoviruses and coliphages _X174 and M13.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
