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Noun: provirus  ,prow'vI-rus
  1. CDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell

Derived forms: proviruses

Type of: cDNA, complementary DNA

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