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Dna vs Provirus - What's the difference?

dna | provirus |

As nouns the difference between dna and provirus

is that dna is a biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acids (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine while provirus is a virus genome, such as HIV, that integrates itself into the DNA of a host cell so as to be passively replicated along with the host genome.

As an initialism DNA

is Defense Nuclear Agency.

dna

English

(wikipedia DNA)

Initialism

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    • Noun

    (-)
  • (biochemistry) A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acids (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
  • (informal) That part of a person's character that has a genetic origin

    • Derived terms

    * junk DNA * mitochondrial DNA * chloroplast DNA * DNA test * dsDNA * gDNA * mtDNA * nDNA * rDNA * ssDNA * dsDNA

    Related terms

    * RNA * XNA * PNA * TNA * GNA

    Anagrams

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    provirus

    English

    (wikipedia provirus)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A virus genome, such as HIV, that integrates itself into the DNA of a host cell so as to be passively replicated along with the host genome.