"Proviruses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Duplex DNA sequences in eukaryotic chromosomes, corresponding to the genome of a virus, that are transmitted from one cell generation to the next without causing lysis of the host. Proviruses are often associated with neoplastic cell transformation and are key features of retrovirus biology.
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D011533
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.725
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 T-cell tropism is determined by events prior to provirus formation. J Virol. 1990 Oct; 64(10):4735-42.