Biologic Function
virus integration
vi·rus in·te·gra·tion
Definitions related to virus integration:
  • Insertion of viral DNA into host-cell DNA. This includes integration of phage DNA into bacterial DNA; (LYSOGENY); to form a PROPHAGE or integration of retroviral DNA into cellular DNA to form a PROVIRUS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Naturally occurring process of insertion of viral DNA into the host genome; not a genetic technique.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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