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Malignant transformation of hamster kidney cells by BK virus. |
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| Authors: | M Portolani G Barbanti-Brodano M L Placa |
| Abstract: | Primary hamster kidney cells were transformed by BK virus, a new human papovavirus. Transformed (HKBK) cell produced BK virus T antigen and induced tumors in hamsters that developed antibodies to BK virus T antigen. BK virus was rescued from HKBK cells by Sendai virus-assisted fusion with permissive cells. One out of six cell lines derived from HKBK cell-induced tumors showed the same characteristics as HKBK cells. |
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