Retrovirus
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retrovirus-186-8295255
title:
Retrovirus
text:
A retrovirus is a type of virus that inserts a DNA copy of its RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell that it invades, thus changing the genome of that cell. After invading a host cell's cytoplasm, the virus uses its own reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome, the reverse of the usual pattern, thus retro (backward). The new DNA is then incorporated into the host cell genome by an integrase enzyme, at which point the retroviral DNA is referred to as a provirus. The host c
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Family of viruses
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrovirus
date created:
2001-08-07T09:58:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T02:05:38Z
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fields total:
13
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