Endogenous Retrovirus

Health / Disease / Endogenous Retrovirus: Integrated retroviruses derived from infection of the germline (egg or sperm) of an ancestral organism. All vertebrates are thought to carry numerous endogenous retroviruses.
Search Google for Endogenous Retrovirus:

Retroviruses

Science / Biology / Retroviruses: Viruses that contain a single strand of RNA as their genetic material and reproduce by copying the RNA into a complementary DNA strand using the enzyme reverse transcriptase. The single-stranded DNA i MORE

Retrovirus

Health / Disease / Retrovirus: A type of RNA virus (such as HIV ) that reproduces by transcribing itself into DNA (using reverse transcriptase). The resultant DNA inserts itself into a cell?€™s DNA and is reproduced by the cell MORE

Endogenous Variable

Business / Finance / Endogenous Variable: Treating cash flows as if they occur at the end of a year as opposed to the date convention. Under the end-of-year convention, the present is time 0, the end of year 1 occurs one year hence; and so on MORE

Endogenous Retrovirus

Health / Disease / Endogenous Retrovirus: Integrated retroviruses derived from infection of the germline (egg or sperm) of an ancestral organism. All vertebrates are thought to carry numerous endogenous retroviruses. MORE

Endogenous

Health / Acupuncture / Endogenous: Inside. For example, endogenous cholesterol is cholesterol that is made inside the body and is not in the diet. MORE