Retransformation of a simian virus 40 revertant cell line, which is resistant to viral and DNA infections, by microinjection of viral DNA

Graessmann, A., Graessmann, M., Topp, W. C., Botchan, M. (1979) Retransformation of a simian virus 40 revertant cell line, which is resistant to viral and DNA infections, by microinjection of viral DNA. Journal of Virology, 32 (3). pp. 989-994. ISSN 0022-538X

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/229275

Abstract

We have isolated morphological transformants of cultured cells as dense foci on a monolayer of normal cells appproximately 4 weeks after microinjection of purified simian virus 40 DNA (200 to 400 molecules per cell) directly into the nucleus. Both Rat 1 (an established contact-inhibited rat embryo fibroblast line) and F1' 1--4 (a 5-fluorodeoxyuridine-selected flat revertant from the simian virus 40-transformed 14B cell line) were transformed with an efficiency of 5 to 10% of the cells injected. F1' 1--4 is not susceptible to retransformation by either viral or DNA infection (by calcium phosphate-facilitated cellular uptake), and as a result it had previously been thought to possess a host mutation preventing expression of the simian virus 40 genome.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell functions > cell transformation
organism description > virus > SV40
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Communities: CSHL labs
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 1979
Date Deposited: 24 May 2016 15:29
Last Modified: 24 May 2016 15:29
PMCID: PMC525948
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/32689

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