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Retro-transcribing virus

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-024223

A virus which replicates by reverse transcription of a RNA or DNA intermediate. All retro-transcribing viruses utilize the enzyme reverse transcriptase to replicate and may have a DNA- or RNA-based genome.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-024223
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBiological substances
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024223",
  "term": "Retro-transcribing virus",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Retro-Transcribing Virus",
  "definition": "A virus which replicates by reverse transcription of a RNA or DNA intermediate. All retro-transcribing viruses utilize the enzyme reverse transcriptase to replicate and may have a DNA- or RNA-based genome.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/retro-transcribing-virus/"
}

Record 23,571 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.