provirus
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We looked for sequences that matched each HML-2 provirus in the genome and found 37 different HML-2 proviruses that were still active.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022
Viruses insert their genomes into their hosts in the form of a provirus.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022
Furthermore, each tissue sample also contained genetic material from at least one provirus that could still produce viral proteins.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022
A provirus could be passed from one sheep to another by inoculation.
From Time Magazine Archive
If this is so, it will be the first instance of such a provirus among higher animals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even now, some of its proviruses within the human genome still retain the ability to make viral proteins.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022
We looked for sequences that matched each HML-2 provirus in the genome and found 37 different HML-2 proviruses that were still active.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022
There are around 30 different kinds of human endogenous retroviruses in people today, amounting to over 60,000 proviruses in the human genome.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022
Researchers have long thought latent proviruses can form large, effectively invisible cellular reservoirs.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 12, 2022
In the latest work, Lichterfeld’s and Yu’s team examined 1270 proviruses detected in the blood of six people at different points during prolonged HIV treatment.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 12, 2022
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