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Provirus Definition:

  • Integrated viral DNA is called a provirus.

    Campbell Biology by J.B. Reece, L.A. Urry, M.L. Cain, S.A. Wasserman, P.V. Minorsky, R.B. Jackson



Provirus Notes:

Some viruses for example the retro viruses have he ability to incorporate their genome in the host genome and coexist with each other. This incorporate genome is known as the provirus. Some phages also have the ability to become a provirus for example so temperate phages live in the bacterial genome in this manner and have the lysogenic life cycle.

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