Cell fusion for genetic analysis of two nonconditional Rous sarcoma virus replication mutants.
AUTOR(ES)
Steimer, K S
RESUMO
Procedures for characterizing replication-defective viruses in nonpermissive mammalian cells were developed and applied to three nonvirogenic Rous sarcoma virus (RSV)-transformed mammalian cell lines--B4, a line of Bryan virus-transformed hamster cells, and two SRD-RSV transformed rat cell lines, LR3/1 and LR3/2. Cell fusion was used to study virus complementation. The three cell lines (i) fused with helper virus-infected chicken cells and the host range of the rescued virus examined, (ii) tested for complementation by fusion with chicken cells exhibiting various patterns of endogenous virus expression, (iii) fused with chicken cells infected with the temperature-sensitive replication mutant LA334 and assayed for complementation at permissive and nonpermissive temperatures, and (iv) tested for complementation of defective viruses in other RSV-transformed mammalian cell lines by fusing pairs of nonvirogenic cell lines and permissive chicken cells. Based upon these complementation studies, we concluded that B4 virus is defective only in the env gene, LR3/) virus is an absolute mutant in the gag and/or pol genes, and LR3/2 virus is a leaky env mutant. Clones of LR3/1 and LR3/2 virus-infected chicken cells were established, and the results obtained from the characterization of these viruses in permissive avian cells substantiates the conclusions reached in the fusion-rescue studies.
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