Friend virus

Friend virus
Friend virus 'frend- n a strain of murine leukemia virus that causes erythroleukemia in mice called also Friend leukemia virus
Friend Charlotte (1921-1987)
American microbiologist. Friend served as professor and director of the center for experimental cell biology at Mt. Sinai Medical School in New York. She did research in immunology, virology, and the relationship between viruses and cancer.

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Friend murine leukemia virus a strain of murine leukemia virus that causes erythroleukemia in mice.

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  • Friend virus — Taxobox name = PAGENAME virus group = vi familia = Retroviridae subfamilia = Orthoretrovirinae genus = Gammaretrovirus species = Murine leukemia virus subdivision ranks = Serotype subdivision = Friend virus The Friend virus is a strain of murine… …   Wikipedia

  • Friend virus —   Friend virus Clasificación de los virus Grupo: VI (Virus ARN …   Wikipedia Español

  • Friend helper virus — Mouse (lymphoid) leukaemia virus present in stocks of Friend virus, that was believed at one time to assist its replication. Molecular cloning of Friend virus has since shown that it is non defective …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • Friend murine erythroleukaemia cells — Lines of mouse erythroblasts transformed by the Friend virus, that can be induced to differentiate terminally, producing haemoglobin, by various agents such as dimethyl sulphoxide …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • FRIEND, CHARLOTTE — (1921–1987), U.S. oncologist, microbiologist. Friend was born in New York City to parents who immigrated from Russia. She finished her undergraduate studies at Hunter College, New York, and upon graduating in 1943 she served in the U.S. Navy… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Friend leukemia virus — Friend leukemia virus. См. вирус лейкоза Френда. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Virus — A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with… …   Medical dictionary

  • Friend spleen focus-forming virus — Defective virus found in certain strains of Friend helper virus, detected by its ability to form foci in spleens of mice, and believed to be responsible in those strains for the production of a leukaemia associated with polycythemia rather than… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • Virus Called The Blues (Documentary) — Infobox Film name = Virus Called The Blues (Documentary) caption = Billy Jenkins director = Craig Duncan producer = Craig Duncan writer = Craig Duncan Billy Jenkins music = Billy Jenkins and The Blues Collective cinematography = Craig Duncan Mat… …   Wikipedia

  • Friend murine leukaemia virus — Murine leukaemia virus isolated by Charlotte Friend in 1956 whilst attempting to transmit the Erlich ascites tumour by cell free extracts. Causes an unusual erythroblastosis like leukaemia, in which anaemia is accompanied by large numbers of… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

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