Preferred Label : kirsten murine sarcoma virus;
MeSH definition : A replication-defective murine sarcoma virus (SARCOMA VIRUSES, MURINE) capable of
transforming mouse lymphoid cells and producing erythroid leukemia after superinfection
with murine leukemia viruses (LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE). It has also been found to transform
cultured human fibroblasts, rat liver epithelial cells, and rat adrenocortical cells.;
MeSH synonym : virus, kirsten sarcoma; kirsten sarcoma virus; sarcoma virus, kirsten;
MeSH annotation : infection: coord IM with RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM) TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM)
SARCOMA, EXPERIMENTAL (IM);
UNII : txid11808;
Origin ID : D007708;
UMLS CUI : C0022722;
Allowable qualifiers
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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- Virus [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
A replication-defective murine sarcoma virus (SARCOMA VIRUSES, MURINE) capable of
transforming mouse lymphoid cells and producing erythroid leukemia after superinfection
with murine leukemia viruses (LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE). It has also been found to transform
cultured human fibroblasts, rat liver epithelial cells, and rat adrenocortical cells.