Component of Strain MC29 Avian Leukosis Virus with the Property of Defectiveness |
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| Authors: | R. Ishizaki A. J. Langlois J. Chabot J. W. Beard |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 |
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| Abstract: | Three clones of morphologically altered cells (L(-)MC29) of singular properties were isolated from MC29 (subgroup A) leukosis virus-infected chick embryo cells. Supernatant fluids from cultures of the cloned cells produced no transforming or interfering activity on chick embryo cells susceptible to known avian leukosis-sarcoma viruses. No virus associated with the cells was demonstrable by fluorescent-antibody staining or by electron microscopy. All L(-)MC29 clone cells were activated, however, by four strains of Rous-associated viruses (RAV) representative of A, B, C, and D subgroup avian leukosis viruses and by two strains of MC29 virus. Virus L(-)MC29 cells activated by superinfection with RAV-1 and RAV-2 was characterized by helper-dependent and helper-independent properties. These findings suggest that the strain MC29 leukosis virus, or a component thereof, possesses properties of defectiveness similar to those of the Bryan high-titer Rous sarcoma virus. |
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