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Definition of Provirus
1. 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.
Definition of Provirus
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provirus
1. a form of virus [n -ES] : PROVIRAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provirus
Literary usage of Provirus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transgenic Animals: Bibliography January 1991-February 1994 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"The authors have produced a line of chickens transgenic for a defective ALV
provirus that expresses envelope glycoprotein, but not infectious virus, ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"provirus. la FORBE'AR. <va I. To decline; to avoid voluntarily. principles, we
are most solemnly »nd ..."
3. Glossary of HIV/Aids-related Terms edited by Barry Leonard (1995)
"Once incorporated, HIV DNA is called the provirus and is duplicated together with
the cell's genes every time the cell divides. Recent reports suggest that ..."
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