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Retrovirus Component Crossword Clue

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noun

• (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell

33%5Retrovirus, for example
noun

• (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein

• a harmful or corrupting agency

• a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

33%8 Caused by a retrovirus
noun

• An abnormally large number of leukocytes, or the tissue that produces them

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New York Times10 Apr 2016 Down 17
New York Times15 Mar 1998 Down 79
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