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MeSH Heading: Mink Cell Focus-Inducing Viruses
Tree Number(s): B04.613.807.375.525.580; B04.820.650.375.525.580
Unique ID: D008908
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008908
Annotation: infection: coordinate IM with RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM) + TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM); add also LEUKEMIA, EXPERIMENTAL (IM), or LEUKEMIA (IM) (for spontaneous leukemia), or ERYTHROLEUKEMIA (IM) if pertinent
Scope Note: Strains of MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS discovered in 1976 by Hartley, Wolford, Old, and Rowe and so named because the viruses originally isolated had the capacity to transform cell foci in mink cell cultures. MCF viruses are generated by recombination with ecotropic murine leukemia viruses including AKR, Friend, Moloney, and Rauscher, causing ERYTHROLEUKEMIA and severe anemia in mice.
Entry Term(s): MCF Viruses; Mink cell focus-inducing virus
Previous Indexing: Friend Virus (1966-1985); Leukemia, Experimental (1966-1985); Mouse Leukemia Viruses (1966-1985)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under MOUSE LEUKEMIA VIRUSES 1986-90
History Note: 91(86); was see under MOUSE LEUKEMIA VIRUSES 1986-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1985/05/09
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Concept UI: M0013909
Scope Note: Strains of MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS discovered in 1976 by Hartley, Wolford, Old, and Rowe and so named because the viruses originally isolated had the capacity to transform cell foci in mink cell cultures. MCF viruses are generated by recombination with ecotropic murine leukemia viruses including AKR, Friend, Moloney, and Rauscher, causing ERYTHROLEUKEMIA and severe anemia in mice.
Terms: Mink Cell Focus-Inducing Viruses Preferred Term
Term UI T026643
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1986); MCF Viruses
Term UI T026644
Date05/09/1985
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Mink cell focus-inducing virus
Term UI T660318
Date11/29/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007)

Mink Cell Focus-Inducing Viruses MeSH Descriptor Data 2025