CccDNA
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cccdna-164-5239396
title:
CccDNA
text:
cccDNA is a special DNA structure that arises during the propagation of some viruses in the cell nucleus and may remain permanently there. It is a double-stranded DNA that originates in a linear form that is ligated by means of DNA ligase to a covalently closed ring. In most cases, transcription of viral DNA can occur from the circular form only. The cccDNA of viruses is also known as episomal DNA or occasionally as a minichromosome. cccDNA was first described in bacteriophages, but it was also
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Intermediate DNA structure in viral replication
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CccDNA
date created:
2009-04-28T12:13:08Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T21:37:38Z
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