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provirus

/ˈprəʊˌvaɪ.rəs/

Traducción: Sustantivo que designa el material genético de un virus, en concreto la copia de ADN del genoma de ARN de un retrovirus que queda integrada en el genoma de la célula huésped y puede replicarse junto con él.

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noun

C2formalcommonscientific/ˈprəʊˌvaɪ.rəs/

A noun referring to the genetic material of a virus, specifically a cDNA copy of a retrovirus's RNA genome, that has been integrated into the genome of a host cell and can replicate along with it.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa el material genético de un virus, en concreto la copia de ADN del genoma de ARN de un retrovirus que queda integrada en el genoma de la célula huésped y puede replicarse junto con él.
  1. Integrated viral DNA C2 formal medical

    The genetic material of a virus, specifically a retrovirus, that has been integrated into the DNA of a host cell and can replicate along with it.

    • The provirus remains dormant within the host cell's genome for years.
    • HIV integrates its genetic material as a provirus into human immune cells.
    • Researchers are studying how to excise the provirus from infected cells.

    🇪🇸Provirus

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