RNA tumour virus
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virus — viruslike, adj. /vuy reuhs/, n., pl. viruses. 1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA … Universalium
Mouse mammary tumor virus — Virus classification Group: Group VI (ssRNA RT) Family: Retroviridae Subfamily: Orthoretrovirina … Wikipedia
avian leukaemia virus — Group of C type RNA tumour viruses (Oncovirinae) that cause various leukaemias and other tumours in birds. The acute leukaemia viruses, that are replication defective and require helper viruses, include avian erythroblastosis (AEV),… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Oncolytic virus — An oncolytic virus is a virus that preferentially infects and lyses cancer cells; these have obvious functions for cancer therapy, both by direct destruction of the tumour cells, and, if modified, as vectors enabling genes expressing anticancer… … Wikipedia
Long non-coding RNA — Long noncoding RNAs (long ncRNAs) are generally considered (somewhat arbitrarily) as non protein coding transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides. This limit is due to practical considerations including the separation of RNAs in common experimental … Wikipedia
Rous sarcoma virus — Taxobox name = PAGENAME virus group = vi familia = Retroviridae subfamilia = Orthoretrovirinae genus = Alpharetrovirus species = Rous sarcoma virus Rous sarcoma virus is a retrovirus and is the first oncovirus to have been described: it causes… … Wikipedia
Feline leukemia virus — Taxobox color = violet name = Feline leukemia virus image caption = Electron micrograph of Feline leukemia virus virus group = vi familia = Retroviridae genus = Gammaretrovirus species = Feline leukemia virus Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a… … Wikipedia
Competing endogenous RNA (CeRNA) — Competing endogenous RNAs (abbreviated ceRNAs) communicate with and regulate other RNA transcripts by competing for shared microRNAs.[1] Contents 1 Mechanism of action 2 The PTEN ceRNA network … Wikipedia
C-type virus — Originally C type particles identified in mouse tumour tissue and later shown to be oncogenic RNA viruses (Oncovirinae) that bud from the plasma membrane of the host cell starting as a characteristic electron dense crescent. Include feline… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Baltimore, David — born March 7, 1938, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. virologist. He received his doctorate from the Rockefeller Institute. He and Howard Temin (1934–94), working independently, discovered an enzyme that synthesizes DNA from RNA, the reverse of the usual … Universalium
