murine

mu·rine (myo̵or′īn, -in)

adjective

of the murids, or family of rodents including the Old World rats and mice

Etymology: L murinus < mus (gen. muris), mouse

noun

a murine rodent

Modifies a noun

antibody: The phage antibody system has also been used to improve the binding properties of both human and murine monoclonal antibodies.
virus: Fv1 can act on infecting murine leukemia viruses to block viral replication at an early stage in the viral life cycle.
tumor: Fibrinogen E fragment selectively disrupts the vasculature and inhibits the growth of murine tumors in vivo.
infection: Both groups have collaborated with Acha Orbea in studies of murine mammary tumor virus infection.
line: Growth hormone is synthesized in a transformed murine cell line that has been modified by the addition of the gene for pituitary growth hormone.
gene: To date, we have determined the expression profiles of nearly 600 murine genes in this panel of tissue-specific cDNAs.

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