"Retroviridae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Family of RNA viruses that infects birds and mammals and encodes the enzyme reverse transcriptase. The family contains seven genera: DELTARETROVIRUS; LENTIVIRUS; RETROVIRUSES TYPE B, MAMMALIAN; ALPHARETROVIRUS; GAMMARETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUSES TYPE D; and SPUMAVIRUS. A key feature of retrovirus biology is the synthesis of a DNA copy of the genome which is integrated into cellular DNA. After integration it is sometimes not expressed but maintained in a latent state (PROVIRUSES).
| Descriptor ID |
D012190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.613.807 B04.820.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Oncornaviruses- Oncornaviruses
- Oncornavirus
- RNA Tumor Viruses
- RNA Tumor Virus
- Tumor Virus, RNA
- Tumor Viruses, RNA
- Virus, RNA Tumor
- Viruses, RNA Tumor
- Oncovirinae
- Oncoviruses
- Oncovirus
Type C Oncoviruses- Type C Oncoviruses
- Leukoviruses
- Leukovirus
- Oncoviruses, Type C
- C Oncovirus, Type
- C Oncoviruses, Type
- Oncovirus, Type C
- Type C Oncovirus
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