Talk:Provirus

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Question: Why does a provirus become activated? Once a retrovirus has become a provirus, integrated into a host genome, it is dormant, is it not? Why would it suddenly become active? Can this happen even generations down the line, in the case of a retrovirus that was inserted thousands of years ago?

--Seattleniceguy 19:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: endogenous retroviruses are always in the state of a provirus. Examples in humans include HIV[1] and HTLV.

HIV and HTLV are NOT endogenous retroviruses

94.195.120.120 (talk) 21:19, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

GMO
Is it correct to say that organisms that are infected with a provirus are GMOs? The genomes of infected cells are modified... Lfstevens (talk) 07:02, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
 * No. GMOs are the product of human skill, knowledge and ingenuity. Genetic recombination occurs frequently and naturally in many organisms and viruses without human intervention. Graham Beards (talk) 07:48, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Examples?
Can we get a list of examples of viruses that generate proviruses? e.g. HiV but no doubt many more as well? Ricksher (talk) 20:30, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Provirus/ prophage
In viral reproduction ..... Instead of killing the bacteria. virus combine own genetic material with bacterial DNA this is called prophage. bacterial cell replicates as well as virus genetic material replicates this is called LYSOGENIC CYCLE. VIRAL GENOMES is changed to provirus /prophage state by integrase. 2409:4054:48E:CDBB:A400:3C98:FE04:1A24 (talk) 05:17, 21 December 2021 (UTC)