Recovery of biologically active spleen focus-forming virus from molecularly cloned spleen focus-forming virus-pBR322 circular DNA by cotransfection with infectious type C retroviral DNA.
AUTOR(ES)
Linemeyer, D L
RESUMO
The genome of the Lilly-Steeves strain of spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV) was molecularly cloned in the plasmid vector pBR322. Infectious SFFV could be recovered by releasing the SFFV DNA from the vector, transfecting the released DNA onto NIH 3T3 cells, and rescuing the SFFV either by superinfection with helper virus or by cotransfection with molecularly cloned infectious helper viral DNA. By using transfections with SFFV DNA still attached to the plasmid vector, infectious SFFV activity could also be recovered with either method of rescue. Studies performed with these latter types of transfections indicated that only a portion of the SFFV genome was required for biological activity. Since gp52, a marker protein for SFFV, could be detected in all cultures from which adequate titers of biologically active SFFV were recovered, the results are consistent with the hypothesis that gp52 is necessary for SFFV-induced erythroblastosis and polycythemia.
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