DeCS

Descriptor English:

Proviruses

Descriptor Spanish:

Provirus

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	provirus
Scope note:	Secuencias dúplex de ADN en cromosomas eucariotes que corresponden al genoma de un virus, que se transmiten de una generación celular a la siguiente sin producir lisis del huésped. Los provirus se asocian a menudo con la transformación a células neoplásicas y son elementos fundamentales de la biología de los retrovirus.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Provírus

Descriptor French:

Provirus

Tree number(s):

B04.725

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011533

Scope note:

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.

Annotation:

coord IM with specific virus (IM)

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure