Stably transmitted triple-promoter retroviral vectors and their use in transformation of primary mammalian cells.
AUTOR(ES)
Overell, R W
RESUMO
Retroviral vectors were constructed which coexpressed three inserted genes from independent transcriptional promoters in singly infected cells. Several such triple-promoter vectors were constructed with various combinations of oncogenes and selectable drug resistance genes. All expressed three mRNAs of the expected size in infected cells. One vector expressing the v-Ha-ras, v-myc, and neo genes was characterized in detail. This retrovirus did not undergo rearrangement during the process of infection, as judged by Southern analysis, and infection of primary rat embryo fibroblasts demonstrated that ras-myc-cotransformed cells could be selected in G418. This demonstration that retroviral vectors can be used to express three cistrons independently increases their value as gene transfer vehicles, particularly for studies involving oncogene cooperation in primary cells.
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