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Cloned Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus DNA is Biologically Active in Transfected Mouse Cells and Its Expression is Stimulated by Glucocorticoid Hormones

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Journal Cell
Publisher Cell Press
Specialty Cell Biology
Date 1981 Feb 1
PMID 6258799
Citations 52
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Abstract

We have cloned circular unintegrated mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) DNA from infected rat hepatoma cells in bacteriophage lambda. Seven independent clones containing MMTV DNA of homogeneous length of 9 kb (five) or 10 kb (two) were identified. The five 9 kb clones had identical restriction maps consistent with that of 9 kb unintegrated DNA; the other two were aberrant. MMTV DNA inserts were purified, ligated and used for cotransfection of Ltk- cells together with a plasmid containing the thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus. All Tk+ cell clones acquired new MMTV sequences and those transfected with the 9 kb MMTV DNA synthesized normal viral RNA and proteins. Viral gene expression was increased by the addition of dexamethasone.

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