Protovirus
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Protovirus is a noun meaning (biology) A DNA sequence capable of mutating into an oncogenic virus, proposed as a hypothesis to explain the origin of ribodeoxyviruses as arising from normal cellular components.
Meaning
(biology) A DNA sequence capable of mutating into an oncogenic virus, proposed as a hypothesis to explain the origin of ribodeoxyviruses as arising from normal cellular components.
Word Forms
- protoviruses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include retrovirus, provirus, reovirion, ribodeoxyvirus, provirophage, virogene.
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