Viral Events Necessary for the Induction of Interferon in Chick Embryo Cells |
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| Authors: | R. Z. Lockart Jr. N. Lynn Bayliss S. T. Toy Fay Hoh Yin |
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| Affiliation: | aCentral Research Department, Experimental Station, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware 19898 |
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| Abstract: | Temperature-sensitive mutants of Sindbis virus were employed to investigate the nature of the viral event(s) which induces chick-embryo cells to produce interferon. Chick embryo cells induced by the parental heat-resistant strain of Sindbis virus produced essentially equal amounts of interferon at 29 and 42 C. An RNA− and three RNA+ strains [temperature-sensitive mutants unable (RNA−) and able (RNA+) to make ribonucleic acid] produced interferon at 29 C but not at 42 C. It is concluded that viral RNA per se and the replication of viral RNA do not induce interferon production by chick embryo cells. |
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