Definition of Sendai virus

1. Noun. a virus, of genus ''Paramyxovirus'', found in mice but is not pathogenic for humans; it has the ability to generate heterokaryons by fusing cells ¹

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Medical Definition of Sendai virus

1. Parainfluenza virus type 1 (Paramyxoviridae). Can cause fatal pneumonia in mice and may cause respiratory disease in humans. The ability of ultraviolet inactivated virus to fuse mammalian cells has been extensively used in the study of heterokaryons and hybrid cell lines. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Semitists
Semliki forest virus
Semnani
Semnopithecus entellus
Semon's law
Semon-Hering theory
Sempatch
Semper Gumbi
Semper Gumby
Semple vaccine
Sen
Sen.
Senate
Senatical
Sendai
Sendai virus (current term)
Sendero Luminoso
Senderowitz
Senear-Usher disease
Senear-Usher syndrome
Seneca
Seneca snakeroot
Senecan
Senecas
Senecio aureus
Senecio bigelovii
Senecio cineraria
Senecio cruentus
Senecio doublasii
Senecio glabellus

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