episome
noun
epi·some
ˈe-pə-ˌsōm 
-ˌzōm
-ˌzōm
: a genetic determinant (such as the DNA of some bacteriophages) that can replicate autonomously in bacterial cytoplasm or as an integral part of the chromosomes
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The latent virus may integrate into the human genome – as does HIV, for example – or exist in the nucleus as a self-replicating piece of DNA called an episome.
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episome
noun
epi·some
ˈep-ə-ˌsōm
-ˌzōm
-ˌzōm
: a genetic determinant (as the DNA of some bacteriophages) that can replicate either autonomously in bacterial cytoplasm or as an integral part of their chromosomes compare plasmid
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