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Immunological studies on a hamster‐specific sarcoma virus
Author(s) -
Bomford R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910080108
Subject(s) - hamster , rous sarcoma virus , virology , biology , virus , sarcoma , antigen , mesocricetus , viral transformation , oncovirus , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , pathology , medicine
Abstract A hamster‐specific sarcoma virus released from cells of a Harvey murine sarcoma virus (H‐MSV)‐induced hamster tumour is shown to have the hamster leukaemia virus group‐specific (gs) antigen, and hence to be a hamster leukaemia virirs (HaL V) pseudotype of the murine sarcoma virus, H‐MSV (HaLV). The hamster leukaemia virus gs antigen is not detectable in non‐producer H‐MSV (HaLV) transformed hamster cells or in Rous sarcoma virus, polyoma or SV40‐transformed cells. Five out of 6 transplanted hamster tumours were found to contain the HaLV gs antigen.