Klarinet Archive - Posting 000215.txt from 1999/01

From: pollyg@-----. Gulakowski)
Subj: Re: [kl] huh?
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 22:00:28 -0500

Thanks Tony. I did understand that. The "retro" part is probably not a
good use of that prefix.
I still ask for and expect the common cup for communion but I won't play
someone else's mouthpiece. Go figure.
Paulette

On Wed, 06 Jan 1999 05:16:48 GMT Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay) writes:
>On Tue, 5 Jan 1999 19:27:40 EST, pollyg@-----.com said:
>
>> what's a retrovirus?

>
>A retrovirus is a virus that reproduces by inserting its genetic
>material into the host cell, whose normal function is thus hijacked
>into
>producing more of the virus. As I understand it, it's called a
>retrovirus because it contains an enzyme called reverse transcriptase,
>hence re-verse tr-anscriptase virus --> re-tr-ovirus. The HIV virus
>is
>such a virus.
>
>It's not really accurate to say that the Berio is pre-retrovirus,
snip
>This rather po-faced but I hope nevertheless accurate post has been a
>post-just-my-little-joke-type-post post:-)
>
>Tony

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