Talk:Provirus
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UntitlededitQuestion: Why does a provirus become activated? Once a retrovirus has become a provirus, integrated into a host genome, it is dormant, is it not? Why would it suddenly become active? Can this happen even generations down the line, in the case of a retrovirus that was inserted thousands of years ago? --Seattleniceguy 19:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC) Re: endogenous retroviruses are always in the state of a provirus. Examples in humans include HIV[1] and HTLV. HIV and HTLV are NOT endogenous retroviruses |
GMO
editIs it correct to say that organisms that are infected with a provirus are GMOs? The genomes of infected cells are modified... Lfstevens (talk) 07:02, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
- No. GMOs are the product of human skill, knowledge and ingenuity. Genetic recombination occurs frequently and naturally in many organisms and viruses without human intervention. Graham Beards (talk) 07:48, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Examples?
editCan we get a list of examples of viruses that generate proviruses? e.g. HiV but no doubt many more as well? Ricksher (talk) 20:30, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Provirus/ prophage
editIn viral reproduction ..... Instead of killing the bacteria. virus combine own genetic material with bacterial DNA this is called prophage . bacterial cell replicates as well as virus genetic material replicates this is called LYSOGENIC CYCLE . VIRAL GENOMES is changed to provirus /prophage state by integrase . 2409:4054:48E:CDBB:A400:3C98:FE04:1A24 (talk) 05:17, 21 December 2021 (UTC)