THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
VIRUSES AND PRIONS
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Question
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Mammalian viruses capable of starting tumors are ____
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oncoviruses
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latent
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syncytia
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inclusion bodies
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An oncovirus or oncogenic virus is a virus that can cause cancer. This term originated from studies of acutely transforming retroviruses in the 1950–60s, when the term “oncornaviruses” was used to denote their RNA virus origin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Oncoviruses-mammalian viruses capable of initiating tumors.
Detailed explanation-3: -Oncogenic DNA viruses include EBV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), human papillomavirus (HPV), human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8), and Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV). Oncogenic RNA viruses include, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1).
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