Definition of Proviruses

1. Noun. (plural of provirus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proviruses

1. provirus [n] - See also: provirus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proviruses

provinciate
provinciated
provinciates
provinciating
provine
provined
provines
proving
proving ground
provings
provining
proviolence
proviolent
proviral
provirus
proviruses (current term)
provision
provisional
provisional job
provisionality
provisionally
provisionals
provisionary
provisioned
provisioner
provisioners
provisioning
provisions
proviso
proviso quod

Literary usage of Proviruses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transgenic Animals: Bibliography January 1991-February 1994 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"Both of these lines contain defective proviruses but do express the gag and/or env protein. We have measured viral RNA expression in tissues derived from ..."

2. Xenotransplantation: International Policy Issues by New York Academy of Sciences (1999)
"Endogenous retroviruses are proviruses that have formed a permanent and stable ... These stable integrated proviruses are found in all vertebrates, ..."

3. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"... stimulation because transgenic mice bearing HIV proviruses lacking these elements failed to synthesise detectable levels of viral RNA following parasite ..."

4. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Sequence analysis of one such element shows that it is closely related to retrotransposons and integrated retroviral proviruses, being bound by a ..."

5. Tuberculosis Resource Guide by P. Heinsohn (1996)
"... is a retro virus which can persist in host cells in the form of integrated DNA sequences called proviruses. HIV virions contain single-stranded RNA and, ..."

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