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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences, virology
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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 source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: complementary DNA, cDNA
History
Etymology tree English pro- Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English provirus From pro- + virus.
