title: Characterization of virus obtained from MDBK cells persistently infected with a variant of herpes simplex virus type 1 strain MP [HSV-1(MP)].
abstract: Virus clones which express glycoprotein gC (gC+) were obtained from two persistently infected (p.i.) MDBK cell lines which had been independently established by infection with HSV-1(MP)10311, a gC- syncytial (syn) variant of herpes simplex virus type 1 strain MP [HSV-1(MP)]. The gC+ revertants were syn in MDBK, HEp-2, and Vero cell lines and in primary human fibroblasts; this offers further evidence that glycoprotein gC does not inhibit cell fusion. The gC+ revertants represented from 70 to 100 percent of the virions present in the virus populations examined, thus suggesting a possible selective advantage of the gC+ revertants in this system of persistent infection.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002459:Cell Fusion; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D004285:Dogs; D005796:Genes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C038535:glycoprotein gC, herpes simplex virus type 1