Übersetzung für 'oncovirus' von Englisch nach Deutsch

oncovirus

Onkovirus {n} [ugs.: {m}]biol.

• A transmissible cancer is a cancer cell or cluster of cancer cells that can be transferred between individuals without the involvement of an infectious agent, such as an oncovirus.
• Similarly, evidence that some oncovirus infections can contribute to cancers has been unfairly criticized for failing to fulfill criteria developed before viruses were fully understood as host-dependent.
• Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) (...) is a retrovirus and is the first oncovirus to have been described. It causes sarcoma in chickens.
• In the next two years, Okuyan set up a laboratory for oncovirus study and conducted research at the National Institutes of Health sponsored by the American Institute for Cancer Research.
• Because of its high efficiency as an oncovirus, particularly in newborn or immunodeficient mice, mouse polyomavirus has served as a productive mechanism for modeling tumorigenesis.

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• A virus that can cause cancer is called an "oncovirus".
• A virus that can cause cancer is called an "oncovirus" or "tumor virus".
• (see Timeline of Discovery 1936 under Oncovirus).