PROVIRUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

CDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("provirus" is a kind of...):

cDNA; complementary DNA (single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase)

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