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Descriptor English:   Virus Latency 
Descriptor Spanish:   Latencia del Virus 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Latência Viral 
Tree Number:   G04.185.515.880.935
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord with specific virus /physiol (IM or NIM)
See Related English:   Virus Activation
 
History Note English:   94 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
drug effects ethics
genetics immunology
physiology radiation effects
Record Number:   30976 
Unique Identifier:   D017735 

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