title: Avian nephroblastomas induced by a retrovirus (MAV-2) lacking oncogene. I. Construction of MAV-1 and MAV-2 proviral restriction maps and preparation of specific proviral molecular subclones.
abstract: A 9.8 kb DNA fragment containing the complete MAV-1 provirus was recloned from the recombinant bacteriophage lambda 311411 (Perbal et al., 1985) into the plasmid pAT153. A detailed and precise restriction map of the obtained clone (pAT-MAV-1) was constructed. From compilation of this map and the known sequence of a variable portion of the MAV-2 env gene was a restriction map of MAV-2 deduced. Knowledge of the detailed pAT-MAV-1 map facilitated the preparation of five specific proviral subclones: pAT-U3 and pUC-U3 (both contain the U3 domain of the proviral LTR, which is MAV-specific and displays no homology with other hitherto known retroviruses including avian endogenous proviruses), pUC-RU5 (containing the R and U5 domains of the proviral LTR), pUC-UT5 (containing untranslated sequences flanking the 5' LTR), and pUC-UT3 (containing untranslated sequences flanking the 3' LTR). Thus tools for analysis of integrated MAV-2 proviruses in nephroblastomas induced by this virus were formed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Praha.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pecenka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dvorák
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trávnícek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001354:Avian Leukosis Virus / Q000235:genetics*; D009189:Avian Myeloblastosis Virus / Q000235:genetics*; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006378:Helper Viruses / Q000235:genetics*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D009857:Oncogenes; D011533:Proviruses / Q000235:genetics*; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes