Word: protovirus
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...Temin thinks he knows why it occurs. According to his hypothesis, normal cells manufacture RNA, which moves to neighboring cells in the form of a protovirus, or template, and stimulates the production of a new form of DNA. But, theorizes Temin, if this wandering RNA somehow transmits the wrong message after entering the cells, it can cause the production of altered DNA that orders the cells to grow abnormally...
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