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Virus Latency  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Latencies, Viral
  • Latency, Viral
  • Viral Latencies
  • Viral Latency

Note

  • coord with specific virus /physiol (IM or NIM)

Scope note

  • The ability of a pathogenic virus to lie dormant within a cell (LATENT INFECTION). In eukaryotes, subsequent activation and viral replication is thought to be caused by extracellular stimulation of cellular transcription factors. Latency in bacteriophage is maintained by the expression of virally encoded repressors.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017735

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