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acutely transforming virus — Retrovirus that rapidly transforms cells, by virtue of possessing one or more oncogenes. Archetype: Rous sarcoma virus … Dictionary of molecular biology
Virus latency — (or viral latency) is the ability of a pathogenic virus to lie dormant within a cell, denoted as the lysogenic part of the viral life cycle. A latent viral infection is a type of persistent viral infection which is distinguished from a chronic… … Wikipedia
virus — viruslike, adj. /vuy reuhs/, n., pl. viruses. 1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA … Universalium
Virus — This article is about the biological agent. For other uses, see Virus (disambiguation). For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to viruses. Viruses … Wikipedia
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus — Xenotropic MLV related virus XMRV Virionen, EM Systematik Reich: Viren Familie: Retroviridae … Deutsch Wikipedia
Legacy Virus — In the fictional Marvel Universe, the Legacy Virus was a devastating plague that ripped through the mutant population, killing hundreds and mutating so that it affected baseline humans as well. The Legacy Virus storyline ran through various… … Wikipedia
defective virus — A virus genetically deficient in replication, but that may nevertheless be replicated when it co infects a host cell in the presence of a wild type helper virus. Most acute transforming retroviruses are defective, since their acquisition of… … Dictionary of molecular biology
avian leukaemia virus — Group of C type RNA tumour viruses (Oncovirinae) that cause various leukaemias and other tumours in birds. The acute leukaemia viruses, that are replication defective and require helper viruses, include avian erythroblastosis (AEV),… … Dictionary of molecular biology
tumour virus — A virus capable of transforming a cell to a malignant phenotype … Glossary of Biotechnology
Moloney murine sarcoma virus — Replication defective retrovirus, source of the oncogene v mos, responsible for inducing fibrosarcomas in vivo, and transforming cells in culture … Dictionary of molecular biology
