murine

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On the other hand, in cells infected by other retroviruses such as murine leukemia virus (MuLV) or Rous sarcoma virus (RSV), numerous integration events per cell have been detected

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a rodent of the family Muridae or subfamily Murinae, including rats and mice.
  2. adjective Caused, transmitted, or affected by such a rodent: a murine plague.
  3. noun A murine rodent.

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  • On the other hand, in cells infected by other retroviruses such as murine leukemia virus (MuLV) or Rous sarcoma virus (RSV), numerous integration events per cell have been detected —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • In a murine tumor xenograft model, human tumors with admixed human MSC demonstrated cells expressing activated fibroblast-like markers including FAP, FSP, α-SMA, Tn-C, Tsp-1, desmin or SL-1, while tumors without admixed MSC did not show these markers. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The Skov-3 cells were mixed with muMSC derived from Balb / c or C57 mice, 3T3 murine fibroblasts, or huMSC. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The murine stromal lines did not significantly hinder the Skov-3 cell proliferation. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Naud E, Lee Y -, Eliopoulos N, Galipeau J (2004) Vascular progenitors derived from murine bone marrow stromal cells are regulated by fibroblast growth factor and are avidly recruited by vascularizing tumors. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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  1. Latin mūrīnus, of mice, from mūs, mūr-, mouse; see mūs- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin murinus, of a mouse, from mus (mur-) = Greek μῡς = English mouse: see mouse.
 

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