1. retroviral - Noun
2. retroviral - Adjective
retroviral (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to a retrovirus
retroviral (plural retrovirals)
A retrovirus
President Bush has committed billions to the fight against AIDS, thus making retroviral drugs available to millions of HIV-positive Africans. Tony Snow
Dolutegravir inhibits HIV integrase by binding to the integrase active site and blocking the strand transfer step of retroviral deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) integration which is for the HIV replication cycle. Source: Internet
The Dalakas article says that the best evidence points towards a connection with some type of retrovirus and that a retroviral infection combined with immune recognition of the retrovirus is enough to trigger the inflammation process. Source: Internet
Biochemical data and structural data suggest that retroviral IN functions as a tetramer (dimer-of-dimers). Source: Internet
For example, after conversion of retroviral RNA into DNA inside a host cell, the newly produced retroviral DNA is integrated into the genome of the host cell. Source: Internet
In addition to the transcription function, retroviral reverse transcriptases have a domain belonging to the RNase H family, which is vital to their replication. Source: Internet