de Ronde A, Sol CJ, van Strien A, ter Schegget J, van der Noordaa J. The SV40 small t antigen is essential for the morphological transformation of human fibroblasts.
Virology 1989;
171:260-3. [PMID:
2662578 DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(89)90534-5]
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Abstract
The morphological transformation of human fibroblasts as measured in an assay for dense focus formation required, besides the SV40 large T antigen, an intact SV40 small t antigen. Using a G418-resistant colony formation assay it also was found that expression of the SV40 large T antigen only is not sufficient for the morphological transformation of human fibroblasts. Therefore it is concluded that the SV40 small t antigen is essential for the morphological transformation of human fibroblasts.
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