retroviral
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a word derived from
retrovirus.
retrovirusnounany of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
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Next, the researchers wanted to know whether RetroMyelin was incorporated once into the ancestor of all jawed vertebrates or whether there were separate retroviral invasions in the different branches.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
Although the local hospital has been supplying retroviral drugs to treat HIV, other essential medicines are scarce.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2023
Explain why retroviral DNA rather than the genomes of single-stranded or double-stranded DNA or single- stranded RNA viruses are found in host DNA.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
They put those genes into retroviral vectors and delivered them to T cells, immune cells that had been isolated from the subjects’ blood.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2021
They also provided RT using human DNA sequences known as LINE-1 elements, which are remnants of ancient retroviral infections and make up about 17% of the human genome.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 16, 2020