Virus Latency
Synonyms
Latencies, Viral
Latencies, Virus
Latency, Viral
Latency, Virus
Viral Latencies
Viral Latency
Virus Latencies
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.
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