dictionary help| temperature-sensitive mutant | medical dictionary |
A viral mutant that is able to replicate at one portion of a temperature range but not at another, the parent (wild type) strain being able to replicate over the whole temperature range.
Compare: cold-sensitive mutant, quick-stop mutant.
(05 Mar 2000)
temperature midpoint, temperature, plasma, temperature sense < Prev | Next > temperature sensitive mutation, temperature spot
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