Mink Cell Focus-Inducing Viruses
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Strains of MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS discovered in 1976 by Hartley, Wolford, Old, and Rowe and so named because the viruses originally isolated had the capacity to transform cell foci in mink cell cultures. MCF viruses are generated by recombination with ecotropic murine leukemia viruses including AKR, Friend, Moloney, and Rauscher, causing ERYTHROLEUKEMIA and severe anemia in mice.
| Descriptor ID |
D008908
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.613.807.375.525.580 B04.820.650.375.525.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Mink Cell Focus-Inducing Viruses- Mink Cell Focus-Inducing Viruses
- Mink Cell Focus Inducing Viruses
- Mink cell focus-inducing virus
- Mink cell focus inducing virus
- MCF Viruses
- MCF Virus
- Virus, MCF
- Viruses, MCF
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