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provirus
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provirus /pro·vi·rus/ (pro-vi´rus) the genome of an animal virus integrated (by crossing over) into the chromosome of the host cell, and thus replicated in all of its daughter cells. It can be activated to produce a complete virus; it can also cause transformation of the host cell.
pro·vi·rus (prvrs, pr-v-)
n. pl. pro·vi·rus·es
The precursor or latent form of a virus that is capable of being integrated into the genetic material of a host cell and being replicated with it.
provirus (prōvī´rus),
n a type of virus incorporated into a host cell's genetic material that transmits from one generation of cells to the next via cell replication without triggering the separation or decomposition of the cell.
provirus
the genome of an animal virus integrated into the chromosome of the host cell, and thus transferred to in all of its daughter cells.
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