provirus

1. The precursor or latent form of a virus that is capable of being integrated into the genetic material of a host cell and being replicated with it.

2. A form of a virus that is integrated into the genetic material of a host cell and by replicating with it can be transmitted from one cell generation to the next without causing lysis.

3. The genetic material of a virus as incorporated into, and able to replicate with, the genome of a host cell.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
provirus	13	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
oi	2
up	4
si	2
us	2
so	2
po	4
pi	4
is	2
op	4
or	2
os	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ops	5
upo	5
ups	5
urp	5
our	3
vis	6
sip	5
sir	3
sop	5
sou	3
sri	3
sup	5
rip	5
pus	5
pur	5
psi	5
pro	5
pos	5
poi	5
piu	5
pis	5
ors	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
spur	6
spiv	9
sori	4
soup	6
sour	4
roup	6
rips	6
urps	6
purs	6
purr	6
puri	6
pros	6
pour	6
pois	6
piso	6
ours	4
opus	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
virus	8
visor	8
sirup	7
roups	7
purrs	7
puris	7
prior	7
pours	7
pious	7
orris	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
priors	8

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
provirus	13