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Sarcoma Virus, Woolly Monkey MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
A species of GAMMARETROVIRUS producing tumors in primates. Originally isolated from a fibrosarcoma in a woolly monkey, WMSV is a replication-defective v-onc virus which carries the sis oncogene. In order to propagate, WMSV requires a replication-competent helper virus.
Entry Term(s)
Sarcoma Viruses, Simian
Simian Sarcoma Viruses
Wooley monkey sarcoma virus
Woolly Monkey Virus
Registry Numbers
txid11970
Previous Indexing
Oncogenic Viruses (1966-1977)
Retroviridae (1972-1977)
Public MeSH Note
2002; see SARCOMA VIRUSES, SIMIAN 1994-2001, see SIMIAN SARCOMA VIRUSES 1991-1993, see BUNYAVIRIDAE 1989-1990, see RETROVIRIDAE 1981-1988, see LEUKOVIRUSES 1978-1980
History Note
2002 (1978); was SIMIAN SARCOMA VIRUSES 1978-93 (see under BUNYAVIRIDAE 1989-90, see under RETROVIRIDAE 1981-88, see under LEUKOVIRUSES 1978-80)
A species of GAMMARETROVIRUS producing tumors in primates. Originally isolated from a fibrosarcoma in a woolly monkey, WMSV is a replication-defective v-onc virus which carries the sis oncogene. In order to propagate, WMSV requires a replication-competent helper virus.