Organisms

Simian virus 40

A species of POLYOMAVIRUS originally isolated from Rhesus monkey kidney tissue. It produces malignancy in human and newborn hamster kidney cell cultures.

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Abstract

A species of POLYOMAVIRUS originally isolated from Rhesus monkey kidney tissue. It produces malignancy in human and newborn hamster kidney cell cultures.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Polyomavirus macacae
  • SV 40 Virus
  • SV40 Virus
  • Vacuolating Agent
  • SV 40 Viruses
  • SV40 Viruses
  • Vacuolating Agents

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Aspects Covered

13 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure.

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Indexing Annotation

entry term SV40 VIRUS is from Simian Vacuolating virus; infection: coord IM with POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS (IM) and TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM)

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History Note

2001 (1965)

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  1. B04w.280w.210.700w.615.700w
  2. B04w.613w.204.670w.615.700w

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NLM Classification

QW 166

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Simian virus 40. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013539. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013539
  2. Simian virus 40. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SV40
  3. Simian virus 40. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734305