C-type virus

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 leukaemia virus, murine leukaemia and sarcoma viruses.

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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