RCAS-Akt

**Semantic type:** Pharmacologic Substance

**Definition:** A recombinant retroviral virus derived from SR-A strain of Rous sarcoma virus carrying a constitutively active form of the AKT Gene. The viral vector RCAS harbors a Replication Competent ALV Splice acceptor. This recombinant virus was use in animal model to study gliomagenesis.