Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a family of viruses, many of which produce tumors, that contain RNA and reverse transcriptase, including HIV.
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- noun virology A
virus that has a genome consisting ofRNA .
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- noun any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
Etymologies
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* The term retrovirus was coined later by virologists.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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* The term retrovirus was coined later by virologists.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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* The term retrovirus was coined later by virologists.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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She called me up to organise the search for the putative retrovirus from a patient presenting with an early sign of the disease, lymphodenopathy.
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XMRV is a so-called retrovirus, which is the same type of virus as the AIDS virus.
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The study is the first to generate an infectious retrovirus from a mobile element in the human genome.
October 30th, 2006 2006
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Retrogenes are formed when the mRNA encounters something - often a type of virus called a retrovirus - that turns it back into DNA through a process referred to as reverse transcription.
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Retrogenes are formed when the mRNA encounters something-often a type of virus called a retrovirus-that turns it back into DNA through a process referred to as reverse transcription.
R&D Mag - News 2009
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The retrovirus was a "consequence of their manufacture using human cell lines."
EPA Study: Autism Boom Began in 1988, Environmental Factors Are Assumed 2010
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A retrovirus is a virus which, to use very inexact lay terminology, relies upon its host to complete its reproductive needs, that is, its DNA is transcribed using the host DNA.
The Retrovirus 2007
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