ISSN:
1573-8221
Keywords:
mycoplasma
;
Rauscher virus
;
endogenous colonies
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Mycoplasma arthritidis was shown not to affect endogenous colony formation in lethally irradiated BALB/c mice. The number of endogenous foci in mice irradiated in sublethal doses and infected withM. arthritidis was sharply increased when the mycoplasma was injected 24 h before or 4 h after irradiation. Mixed infection of (C57BL/6×A/Sn)F1 mice resistant to Rauscher virus with this virus and mycoplasma led to a marked increase in the number of endogenous colonies in the early stages of infection. This phenomenon may perhaps lie at the basis of the loss of resistance in the hybrid mice and the appearance of leukemia in them as a result of mixed infection with mycoplasma and virus.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00869221
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