Mammary tumor virus particles in the submaxillary gland, seminal vesicle, and nonmammary tumors of wild mice.
Type-B mammary tumor virus particles were detected by electron microscopy in the submaxillary glands of 6 of 27 freshly trapped, pregnant wild mice (Mus musculus). Type-B particles were also detected in 3 9f 24 seminal vesicles and 2 pulmonary adenomas from wild mice. Intracytoplasmic type-A virus particles were found in 7 spontaneous nonmammary tumors (lymphoma, hepatoma, lung adenoma) of aging wild mice. Type-C virus particles were also detected in many of these tissues.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000382:microbiology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008324:Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D051379:Mice / Q000382:microbiology*; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000382:microbiology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000382:microbiology*