retrovirus
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- noun
- /ˈrɛtroʊˌvaɪrəs/
- Specialized
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retrovirus
- The team is studying how a retrovirus integrates its genetic material into the host's DNA.
- retrovirus vector
- retrovirus that infects
Well, there are viruses such as retroviruses.
- Well, there are viruses such as retroviruses.
Examples
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Researchers have discovered a new retrovirus that can affect the genome of host cells.
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In the blood of CFS patients, they found traces of the retrovirus XMRV.
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You know about retroviruses, the most famous and important one at at this time is HIV, which is a retrovirus.
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That means that we have to treat it with gene therapy... rewrite the victim's DNA with a retrovirus.
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Specifically, a retrovirus in concert with a genetic variant was connected to prostate cancer.
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In 2006, Silverman's lab discovered a new retrovirus associated with prostate cancer.
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A retrovirus infecting Panamanian Indians may provide new clues about the first Americans.
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The normal gene is delivered using a domesticated retrovirus that infects the cell, introducing the properly functioning gene.
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The scientific community, excepting a few doubters, concluded that the cause was a retrovirus, a microbial class discovered not long before AIDS itself was discovered.
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For example, investigators recently discovered a group of mice that is immune to a highly virulent retrovirus that infects the genomes of almost all other mice living in the area, and that does so via much the same mechanism as the AIDS virus uses to infect the human genome.
Academic text (2005)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Retrovirus combines retro- meaning 'back' and virus meaning 'poison' or 'agent'. That's because these viruses act 'backwards' compared to most viruses: they turn their RNA back into DNA and then join it to the cell's genes, so the name describes how they work.