ATCC? Number:VR-568?
Classification: Herpesvirus, Miscellaneous
Agent: Frog virus 4
Strain: Rafferty
Original Source: Urine of Lucke tumor-bearing frog
Depositors: A Granoff
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : Frog K cells
Incubation : Max Temperature: 25.0°C Min Temperature: 23.0°C Duration: 10-14 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: lytic
Comments : Associated with Lucke adenocarcinoma virus in frog tumors.
References : 33654: Rafferty KA Jr.. The cultivation of inclusion-associated viruses from Lucke tumor frogs. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 126: 3-21, 1965. PubMed: 5220167 33656: Gravell M, et al. Viruses and renal carcinoma of Rana pipiens. VII. Propagation of a herpes-type frog virus. Virology 36: 467-475, 1968. PubMed: 5722185