See Also: mammary tumour virus of mice(medicine)
mammary cancer virus of mice(medicine)
mammary tumour virus(medicine)
mouse mammary tumour virus(medicine)
mammary tumour viruses, mouse(medicine)
pneumonia virus of mice(medicine)
mice minute virus(medicine)
tumour virus(medicine)
RNA tumour virus(medicine)
DNA tumour virus(medicine)

mammary tumour virus of mice (medicine)


mammary tumour virus of mice
Member of the retrovirus subfamily Oncornavirinae, antigenically distinct from the murine leukaemia-sarcoma complex, that is associated with adenocarcinomatous tumours of the mammary gland, commonly latent in wild and laboratory mice and causing cancer only in genetically susceptible strains under certain hormonal influences.

Synonym: Bittner agent, Bittner virus, Bittner's milk factor, mammary cancer virus of mice, milk factor, mouse mammary tumour virus.