Associations to the word «Retrovirus»

Wiktionary

RETROVIRUS, noun. (virology) A virus that has a genome consisting of RNA.

Dictionary definition

RETROVIRUS, 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.

Wise words

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