provirus

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What does provirus mean?

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.

Where does provirus come from?

Etymology tree English pro- Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English provirus From pro- + virus.

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