Sendai virus
Translingual
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Paramyxoviridae – causal agent of a respiratory infection among mammals, that is problematic among laboratory rodents.
Hypernyms
- (species): Mononegavirales - order; Paramyxoviridae - family; Orthoparamyxovirinae - subfamily; Respirovirus - genus
References
Sendai virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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English
Etymology
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Noun
- a virus, of genus Respirovirus, found in mice but is not pathogenic for humans; it has the ability to generate heterokaryons by fusing cells
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