establishment of latency as a linear episome

Term ID

GO:0075530

Synonyms

• establishment of latency as a linear plasmid
• establishment of linear plasmid latency

Definition

A process by which a virus establishes a latent state within its host as an episome, where the viral genome remains silent in the cytoplasm or nucleus as linear structure.

References

Ontology

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