retrovirus的词源

英文词源

retrovirus (n.)

1977, earlier retravirus (1974), from re(verse) tra(nscriptase) + virus. So called because it contains reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that uses RNA instead of DNA to encode genetic information, which reverses the usual pattern. Remodeled by influence of retro- "backwards."

中文词源

retrovirus：逆转录酶病毒

改写自 retravirus,缩写自 reverse transcriptase virus.

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