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Retroviruses vs Provirus - What's the difference?

retroviruses | provirus |

As nouns the difference between retroviruses and provirus

is that retroviruses is 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.

retroviruses

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Noun

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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.