title: Virus-induced cholesterol crystals.
abstract: One of the crystal types induced in cell cultures by a new feline herpesvirus was identified as cholesterol by crystal structure, polarized light microscopy, and mass spectroscopy.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D003460:Crystallization; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009206:Myocardium; D001743:Urinary Bladder; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol