ATCC? Number:VR-725?
Classification: Retrovirus, Avian Type C Retrovirus Group
Agent: Rous sarcoma virus B
Strain: Schmidt-Ruppin (Subgroup B)
Original Source: chicken
Depositors: W Okazaki, HG Purchase
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : chicken embryo fibroblasts in tissue culture; chickens; most birds and mammals
Incubation : Temperature: 37.0°C Duration: 7 days
Effect : Yes, tumorigenicity: Transformation in chicken embryo fibroblasts in tissue culture Yes, tumorigenicity: sarcoma in chicken
Comments : This Rous strain likely contains significant amounts of src-deletion (transformation-defective) virus. Helper independent.
References : 33747: Morgan HR, Traub W. . Natl. Cancer Inst. Monogr. 17: 392, 1964. 33748: Vogt PK. Envelope classification of avian RNA tumor viruses. Bibl. Haematol. 36: 153-167, 1970. PubMed: 4376359