Intracisternal A particles in transplantable reticulum cell sarcoma of rats.
Electron microscopic examination on three lines of transplantable reticulum cell sarcomas, induced spontaneously in the mesenteric lymph nodes of inbred strain ACI rats, proved the presence of intracisternal A particles in all the three tumor lines. The doughnut-shaped particles measured 50 to 70 nm and were seen to bud from the membranes of rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum. Frequency of appearance of these particles varied with the tumor line.
D000818:Animals; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D051381:Rats; D011912:Rats, Inbred ACI; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000648:ultrastructure