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transcription [træn'skrɪpʃ(ə)n] abbr.
abbr.	transc
med.	The fourth of seven steps in the HIV life cycle. Transcription occurs after HIV has integrated its viral DNA into the DNA of the host cell. During transcription, the host cell uses the genetic instructions carried in HIV DNA to make new HIV RNA, including HIV messenger RNA mRNA. see also life cycle, messenger RNA