Molecular events accompanying rous sarcoma virus rescue from rodent cells and the role of viral gene complementation.

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Transformation of rodent cells with avian Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) opened new ways to studying virus integration and expression in nonpermissive cells. We were interested in (i) the molecular changes accompanying fusion of RSV-transformed mammalian cells with avian cells leading to virus rescue and (ii) enhancement of this process by retroviral gene products. The RSV-transformed hamster RSCh cell line was characterized as producing only a marginal amount of env mRNA, no envelope glycoprotein, and a small amount of unprocessed Gag protein. Egress of viral unspliced genomic RNA from the nucleus was hampered, and its stability decreased. Cell fusion of the chicken DF-1 cell line with RSCh cells led to production of env mRNA, envelope glycoprotein, and processed Gag and viru

SUBMITTER: Lounkova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3957946 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature