Article
SV40 T-antigen is required for maintenance of immortal growth in SV40-transformed human fibroblasts.
Cell structure and function - 1 Feb 1991
Tsuyama N, Miura M, Kitahira M, Ishibashi S, Ide T
Abstract excerpt
Two lines of immortal human fibroblasts were isolated following transfection of TIG-3 cells with plasmid DNA, pMT-1ODtsA, that contained SV40 early gene with a deletion in replication origin and ts mutation in coding sequence for T-antigen. These cells continued proliferation at 34 degrees C, over 565 population doubling level (PDL) which is far over the limited division potential of untransformed normal TIG-3 of...
Topics
- Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming
- Blotting, Southern
- Cell Division
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Transformation, Viral
- Fibroblasts
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Humans
- Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
- Mutation
