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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Retroviridae > Gammaretrovirus > Sarcoma Viruses, Murine
Viruses > Oncogenic Viruses > Retroviridae > Gammaretrovirus > Sarcoma Viruses, Murine
Viruses > Defective Viruses > Sarcoma Viruses, Murine

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Sarcoma Viruses, Murine  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Mouse Sarcoma Viruses
  • Sarcoma Viruses, Mouse

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM) + TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM); add SARCOMA, EXPERIMENTAL (IM) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A group of replication-defective viruses, in the genus GAMMARETROVIRUS, which are capable of transforming cells, but which replicate and produce tumors only in the presence of Murine leukemia viruses (LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE).

History note

  • 94; was MOUSE SARCOMA VIRUSES 1980-93; was MOUSE SARCOMA VIRUS see under MOUSE TUMOR VIRUSES 1975-79

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009053

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