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."
雙語例句
1. And you think our retrovirus can do all that?
你認(rèn)為我們的逆轉(zhuǎn)錄酶病毒可以辦到?
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2. If so, the result is known as an endogenous retrovirus.
如果是這樣, 則這種病毒就是內(nèi)源性逆轉(zhuǎn)錄病毒.
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3. Gene trap elements are also used in the construction of retrovirus vectors.
基因誘捕技術(shù)也被運(yùn)用了反轉(zhuǎn)錄病毒載體的構(gòu)建.
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4. Retrovirus is one of the vectors in common use.
逆轉(zhuǎn)錄病毒是最為常用的載體之一.
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5. HIV ( in full human immunodeficiency virus ) : Retrovirus associated with AIDS.