1977, earlier retravirus (1974), from re(verse) tra(nscriptase) + virus. So called because it contains reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that uses RNA instead of DNA to encode genetic information, which reverses the usual pattern. Remodeled by influence of retro- "backwards."
双语例句
1. And you think our retrovirus can do all that?
你认为我们的逆转录酶病毒可以办到?
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2. If so, the result is known as an endogenous retrovirus.
如果是这样, 则这种病毒就是内源性逆转录病毒.
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3. Gene trap elements are also used in the construction of retrovirus vectors.
基因诱捕技术也被运用了反转录病毒载体的构建.
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4. Retrovirus is one of the vectors in common use.
逆转录病毒是最为常用的载体之一.
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5. HIV ( in full human immunodeficiency virus ) : Retrovirus associated with AIDS.
