About The Medical Condition Viral Latency

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Viral Latency

Viral Latency Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Viral Latency Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Viral Latency?

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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