ATCC? Number:VR-715?
Classification: Retrovirus, MLV-Related Viruses, Mammalian type C subgenera
Agent: Osteosarcoma virus
Strain: FBJ
Original Source: 260-day-old CF1/An1 male mouse with spontaneous parosteal osteosarcoma of spine
Depositors: MP Finkel
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : CF1/An1 mice most murine strains
Incubation : Duration: 5-10 days in SC-1 TC; 64 days in mouse
Effect : Yes, tumorigenicity: Induction of parosteal osteosarcoma
Comments : Density = 1.16 g/cm3. C-type morphology, average diameter about 100nm.
References : 33842: Finkel MP, et al. Virus induction of osteosarcomas in mice. Science 151: 698-701, 1966. PubMed: 5218049