xenotropic

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xenotropic /xeno·tro·pic/ (zen″o-tro´pik) pertaining to a virus that is found benignly in cells of one animal species but that will replicate into complete virus particles only when it infects cells of a different species.

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No references found			XMRV, short for xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, also shows up in some men with prostate cancer, particularly those with aggressive malignancies, another research team reported in September in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Pathogen fingered as a potential culprit in chronic fatigue syndrome: ... by Seppa, Nathan / Science News A study published in the October issue of the journal Science reported that many patients with chronic fatigue syndrome were infected with a recently discovered virus, the xenotropic murine leukemia virus- related virus ( XMRV) which probably descended from a group of viruses that cause cancer in mice. FIGHT THAT FATIGUE by Mail Today (New Delhi, India) They found the infection known as XMRV - xenotropic murine leukaemia virus - in just under a third of them. Virus clue in prostate cancer fight; HEALTH by The Mirror (London, England)			xenoantigen xenobiothomochelidonine xenobiotic xenobiotics xenodiagnosis xenoestrogens xenogeneic xenogenesis xenogenic xenogenous xenograft xenoimmunization xenology xenoma xenon xenon-133 xenoparasite xenophobia xenophonia xenophthalmia Xenopsylla Xenopus laevis xenoreactivity xenotransplant Xenotransplantation xenotropic xenotropic virus xenotype Xepin xer(o)- xer- Xerecept xero- xerochilia xeroderma xeroderma pigmentosa xeroderma pigmentosum xerodermoid xerodermosteosis xerogenic xerogram xerography xeroma xeromammogram xeromammography xeromenia xerophagia Xerophthalmia xeroradiography xerosialography xerosis			Xenopus Regulatory Light Chain Xenopus retinal glial Xenopus Telomerase RNA Xenopus Tropicalis Gene Index Xenopus tyrosine kinase Xenopus Upstream Binding Factor Xenopus Wounding Induced Gene 1 Xenopuses Xenopuses xenoreactivity Xenorhyncus Xenorhyncus asiaticus Xenos Christian Fellowship Xenos Christian Schools Xenos Summer Institute Xenosaga Xenosauridae Xenosauridae Xenosaurus xenothermal xenotime xenotime xenotransplant xenotransplant xenotransplantation xenotransplantation xenotransplantation xenotransplantation Xenotransplants Xenotransplants xenotropic Xenotropic MuLV-related virus Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus xenotropic virus xenotype Xenozoonosis Xenozoonosis XenServer Xensource Xensource XENT Xenungulata Xenurine Xenyl Xenyl Xenylic XEOL Xeolite Xeolite Xeon Xeon 133 Xeon MP Xeon Processor XEOTDA XEP XEPB XEPC Xepin XEQ

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