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DNA fragments from F9 PyEC mutants increase expression of heterologous genes in transfected F9 cells.

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Linney, E; Donerly, S
Published in: Cell
December 1983

Restrictions fragments encompassing the DNA sequence changes, which allow polyoma mutants to productively infect embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells, have been coupled to the Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV TK) gene and to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) gene. F9 TK(-) EC cells have been transfected with the TK constructions and transformation to TK(+) colonies has been determined. F9 EC cells, retinoic-acid-induced differentiating F9 cultures, mouse fibroblasts, and mouse myoblasts have been transfected with the CAT constructions and CAT enzyme activity has been measured from the transfected cells. The results suggest that the mutant changes function at the level of gene-expression enhancement, the mutant constructions increasing the TK transformation frequency and also yielding a higher level of CAT enzyme activity when compared with constructions having no polyoma fragment or the analogous wild-type polyoma restriction fragment. The sequence specificity for enhancement changes upon differentiation of F9 EC cells, with the CAT enzyme levels from the wild-type construction approaching the values obtained from a PyEC mutant construction having a single base-pair difference.

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Cell

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ISSN

0092-8674

Publication Date

December 1983

Volume

35

Issue

3 Pt 2

Start / End Page

693 / 699

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Virus Replication
  • Transfection
  • Thymidine Kinase
  • Teratoma
  • Polyomavirus
  • Mice
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Developmental Biology
  • DNA, Viral
  • DNA, Recombinant
 

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Linney, E., & Donerly, S. (1983). DNA fragments from F9 PyEC mutants increase expression of heterologous genes in transfected F9 cells. Cell, 35(3 Pt 2), 693–699. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(83)90102-2
Linney, E., and S. Donerly. “DNA fragments from F9 PyEC mutants increase expression of heterologous genes in transfected F9 cells.Cell 35, no. 3 Pt 2 (December 1983): 693–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(83)90102-2.
Linney, E., and S. Donerly. “DNA fragments from F9 PyEC mutants increase expression of heterologous genes in transfected F9 cells.Cell, vol. 35, no. 3 Pt 2, Dec. 1983, pp. 693–99. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0092-8674(83)90102-2.
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Published In

Cell

DOI

ISSN

0092-8674

Publication Date

December 1983

Volume

35

Issue

3 Pt 2

Start / End Page

693 / 699

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Virus Replication
  • Transfection
  • Thymidine Kinase
  • Teratoma
  • Polyomavirus
  • Mice
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Developmental Biology
  • DNA, Viral
  • DNA, Recombinant