Spleen Focus-Forming Viruses
"Spleen Focus-Forming Viruses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Strains of MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS that are replication-defective and rapidly transforming. The envelope gene plays an essential role in initiating erythroleukemia (LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE), manifested by splenic foci, SPLENOMEGALY, and POLYCYTHEMIA. Spleen focus-forming viruses are generated by recombination with endogenous retroviral sequences.
| Descriptor ID |
D013155
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.613.807.375.525.850 B04.820.650.375.525.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Spleen Focus-Forming Viruses- Spleen Focus-Forming Viruses
- Focus-Forming Virus, Spleen
- Focus-Forming Viruses, Spleen
- Spleen Focus Forming Viruses
- Spleen Focus-Forming Virus
- SFFV
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