Integrated State of Oncornavirus DNA in Normal Chicken Cells and in Cells Transformed by Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
AUTOR(ES)
Markham, P. D.
RESUMO
The covalent linkage of oncornavirus-specific DNA to chicken DNA was investigated in normal chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) and in virus-producing leukemic cells transformed by avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV). The virus-specific sequences present in cellular DNA fractionated by different methods were detected by DNA-RNA hybridization by using 70S AMV RNA as a probe. In CEF and in leukemic cells, the viral DNA appeared to be present only in the nucleus. After cesium chloride-ethidium bromide density equilibrium sedimentation, the viral DNA was present as linear, double-stranded molecules not separable from linear chicken DNA. After extraction by the Hirt procedure, the viral DNA precipitated with the high-molecular-weight DNA. After alkaline sucrose velocity sedimentation, the viral DNA cosedimented with the high-molecular-weight cellular DNA. The results indicate that in both types of cells studied, the oncornavirus-specific DNA sequences were linked by alkali stable bonds to nuclear cellular DNA of high molecular weight and did not appear to be present in free form of any size.
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