(thing) by BioTech Thu Nov 06 2008 at 21:30:05
The process of a parasite (such as a virus) inserting genes into a host's genome which cause the host cell to synthesize products that are only useful to the parasite.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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