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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A form of a virus that allows it to be integrated into the genome of a host cell and to replicate in concert with the cell's genetic material without causing cell lysis.
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- noun A
virus genome , such asHIV , thatintegrates itself into theDNA of ahost cell so as to bepassively replicated along with the host genome.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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Examples
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This DNA copy, called a provirus, makes RNA copies, and the virus is regenerated, phoenixlike, to form new viruses.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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This DNA copy, called a provirus, makes RNA copies, and the virus is regenerated, phoenixlike, to form new viruses.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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This DNA copy, called a provirus, makes RNA copies, and the virus is regenerated, phoenixlike, to form new viruses.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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This DNA, known as the provirus, then integrates itself into the host cell's chromosomes.
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Opportunity No. 3 arises shortly after the provirus (the integrated viral DNA) starts running off RNA copies of itself.
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The trouble begins when the provirus starts directing enzymes in the host cell to produce new strands of viral RNA.
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Often this results in permanent provirus status and incorporation to the genome.
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The point that we are making is that we are in the beginning of an epidemic stemming from a provirus in our genomes.
Invasion Cook, Robin, 1940- 2000
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SV40 (6), the viral DNA becomes a provirus, i.e. it establishes permanent, covalent bonds with the cellular DNA.
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The provirus thus became a tool for studying regulation of DNA transcription in animal cells.
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