Definition of "polyoma" []

• A small form of the papovavirus that contains DNA and is associated with the formation of various tumors in rodents. Also called polyoma virus. (noun)

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• "Because of these widely various neoplastic effects it has been aptly termed the polyoma virus."
• "In collaboration with my colleague Jörg Schlehofer, we were also able to demonstrate that herpes simplex virus, but also other herpes -, adeno -, and vaccinia virus infections of polyoma - or papillomavirus DNA harbouring cells, resulted in amplification of the DNA of the latter."
• "Working on a small oncogenic DNA virus, polyoma, I could show there, with I. Macpherson, a new property of transformed cells, that of growing in soft agar."