Medical Definition of Oncornaviruses
1. The family of retroviruses (Retroviridae) that can cause tumours. They are enveloped by membrane derived from the plasma membrane of the host cell, from which they are released by budding without lysing the cell. Within each virion is a pair of single stranded RNA molecules. Replication involves a DNA intermediate made on an RNA template by the enzyme reverse transcriptase. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oncornaviruses
Literary usage of Oncornaviruses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The nvolvement of these thymocyte surface pol- 'peptides in structuring the
functional recep- or for ecotropic oncornaviruses is discussed. 1. Gazdar, AP. ..."
2. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"The so-called retroviruses or oncornaviruses contribute to the pathogenesis of
these diseases. Considerable data exist concerning strain differences in ..."
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