rescuant

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Definition of rescuant

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noun

A rescued mutation, typically in a virus.

“The mutation was also present in a rescuant virus and in two dl1403-derived viruses, D8 and FXE, but absent from the parental 17+, suggesting that the mutation was introduced during the construction of the dl1403 virus, and not as a result of passage in culture.”

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