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retrovirus
retrovirus
retrovirus A
virus whose genetic material consists of
RNA and is able, by means of the enzyme reverse transcriptase, to manufacture its DNA equivalent and insert it into the
genome of its host species. It has been suggested that this could be a way of overriding
Weissmann's doctrine, and in effect causing Lamarckian inheritance. See
NEO-LAMARCKISM.
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RETROVIRUS MAY CURE DISEASES IF FUTURE.(Living Today)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/10/1986; 700+ words
; ...those innate retroviruses do not cause diseases...time, it is a retrovirus that is causing...or cripples - retroviruses are "slow" viruses...Instead, the retrovirus quietly incorporates...the role of retroviruses has started to...Not only is the retrovirus the culprit behind...
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RESEARCHERS DISCOVER THAT SHEEP NEED RETROVIRUSES FOR REPRODUCTION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/11/2006; 700+ words
; ...particular, a class of endogenous retroviruses, known as endogenous retroviruses related to Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus or enJSRVs, are critical during...the placenta begins to develop. Retroviruses, such as human immunodeficiency...
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Consider testing all feline dental patients for retrovirus infection
Magazine article from: DVM; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...affected with stomatitis were retrovirus-positive. The clinical...calicivirus titers. Illness in retrovirus-infected cats is often...than a direct effect of the retrovirus infection. Previous studies...of cats affected by these retroviruses present to veterinarians...
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Researchers in University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine Discover a Mechanism That Blocks Replication of a Retrovirus.
News Wire article from: AScribe Medicine News Service; 7/20/2004; 700+ words
; ...Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus or JSRV...endogenous retroviruses protect hosts...causing retroviruses. Palmarini...endogenous retrovirus called enJS56A1...endogenous retroviruses that interfere...infective retrovirus replication...
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FEATURE: RETROVIRUS-CANCER BACK IN SPOTLIGHT
News Wire article from: United Press International; 4/13/2001; 700+ words
; ...13-2001 Feature: Retrovirus-cancer back in spotlight...the subcategory of retroviruses -- are undergoing...are intrigued by a retrovirus that causes breast...view is that the mouse retrovirus, or a related human...or liver cancer. "Retroviruses clearly cause a number...
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Data on retrovirus reported by researchers at Montana State University.
Newspaper article from: Virus Weekly; 11/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...reconstruct a fish retrovirus phylogeny, thereby...the epsilon-retrovirus family. Most of these novel retroviruses encode additional...University (see also Retrovirus). The researchers...more ancient, retroviruses began infecting...
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ANCIENT RETROVIRUS RESURRECTED AT ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...a fossil record of retroviruses that used to infect...understand how humans and retroviruses co-evolved - they...resurrected an ancient retrovirus, one that can create...month. The extinct retroviruses embedded in our DNA...
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RNA lariat may tie up loose ends to decades-old mystery of retrovirus life cycle; Studies of baker's yeast may lead to drugs to fight HIV.
M2 Presswire; 1/12/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...and the harmless retrovirus- like elements in...models for HIV and other retroviruses because all encode...difference is that retroviruses eventually leave to...while the yeast's retrovirus-like elements remain...host cell. Only a few retroviruses are known to infect...
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Vitamin E deficiency and immune dysfunction in retrovirus-infected C57BL/6 mice are prevented by T-cell receptor peptide treatment
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 5/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...6 mice were infected with LP-BM5 retrovirus, causing murine acquired immunodeficiency...functionally similar to human AIDS. Retrovirus infection inhibited release of T-helper...postinfection significantly inhibited the retrovirus-induced immune dysfunction, concomitantly...
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RNA lariat may tie up loose ends to decades-old mystery of retrovirus life cycle.
Newspaper article from: Virus Weekly; 1/27/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...and the harmless retrovirus-like elements in...models for HIV and other retroviruses because all encode...difference is that retroviruses eventually leave to...while the yeast's retrovirus-like elements remain...host cell. Only a few retroviruses are known to infect...
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Retroviruses
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
...addition to RNA, retroviruses contain an enzyme...that allows the retrovirus to make a DNA...the infecting retrovirus. In effect...produces more retroviruses. Because reverse...infection. Because retroviruses affect a permanent...recovery from a retrovirus infection does...
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Retrovirus
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Retrovirus Retroviruses are viruses in...was the first retrovirus to be discovered...proposed that retroviruses accomplished...addition to RNA, retroviruses contain an enzyme...that allows the retrovirus to make a DNA...
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retrovirus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
retrovirus An RNA-containing virus that converts...integrated into its host's DNA. Some retroviruses can cause cancer in animals: they contain...into eukaryotic cells. The best-known retrovirus is HIV , responsible for AIDS in humans...
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Oncogenes
Book article from: Genetics
...These RNA tumor viruses, called "retroviruses," carry an RNA genome that, once...into the genome of a host cell. Some retroviruses are slow to cause tumors. After infection...signals that can lead to cancer. Other retroviruses cause tumors to appear very quickly...
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Reverse Transcriptase
Book article from: Genetics
...transcriptase is essential for retroviruses such as HIV-1 (the virus...gene expression. Discovery Retroviruses were originally known as...the causative agent was a retrovirus. Like other retroviruses, HIV-1 contains reverse...
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