RETROVIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retrovirus mean? 

• RETROVIRUS (noun)
  The noun RETROVIRUS has 1 sense:

1. any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell

  Familiarity information: RETROVIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETROVIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("retrovirus" is a kind of...):

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retrovirus"):

HTLV-1; human T-cell leukemia virus-1 (retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia)

HIV; human immunodeficiency virus (the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells)

 Context examples 

A murine reverse-transcribing RNA retrovirus with type C morphology that has been shown to induce lymphatic leukemia in infected mice.

(Gross Leukemia Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

DNA sequences that form the coding region for the viral envelope (env) proteins in retroviruses.

(ENV, NCI Thesaurus)

A ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor with activity against retroviruses.

(Didox, NCI Thesaurus)

Drug therapy which targets retrovirus function by multiple mechanisms.

(Highly active antiretroviral therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

HIV-1 is classified as a lentivirus, a subtype of retroviruses.

(Human immunodeficiency virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Type C retroviruses that cause leukemia in mice.

(Mouse Leukemia Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Identical DNA sequences found at either end of retrovirus proviral DNA, formed by reverse transcription of viral RNA.

(Long Terminal Repeat, NCI Thesaurus)

They also have a region with sequence similarity to the reverse transcriptase of retroviruses, but they do not contain LTRs (long terminal repeats).

(Long Interspersed Element, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of the family RETROVIRIDAE consisting of oncogenic exogenous retroviruses that contain type D particles.

(Betaretrovirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Could be involved in development and serve as progenitors to pathogenic retroviruses.

(Endogenous Retrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)