THESAURUS

Protovirus Thesaurus

(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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include retrovirus, provirus, reovirion, ribodeoxyvirus, provirophage, virogene.

Continue With Protovirus

Relationships are shown only after the shared lexical validator accepts them. A suggestion is not automatically an exact replacement.