Retroviridae
Translingual
Etymology
retro- + -viridae, from such a virus's use of its own reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome, the reverse of the usual pattern
Proper noun
Retroviridae
- A taxonomic family within the kingdom Virus – prototypical retroviruses.
Hyponyms
- (family): Orthoretrovirinae, Spumaretrovirinae - subfamilies
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