protoviruses

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A form of protovirus — A DNA sequence capable of mutating into an oncogenic virus, proposed as a hypothesis to explain the origin of ribodeoxyviruses as arising from normal cellular components.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of protovirus
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