Isolation and characterization of revertant cell lines. VI. Susceptibility of revertants to retransformation by simian virus 40 and murine sarcoma virus.
The susceptibility of two classes of revertants of Simian virus 40 (SV40)-transformed 3T3 cells to retransformation by SV40 or murine sarcoma virus (MSV) was studied. Both serum-sensitive and density-sensitive revertants are not retransformable by SV40. MSV can transform both types of revertants. The MSV-transformed revertants grow to high cell densities and form colonies when suspended in semi-solid methylcellulose medium, but are unable to grow in 1% calf serum. The MSV-transformed revertants produce infectious MSV and murine leukemia virus and possess the same number of chromosomes as the untransformed revertants.
D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002875:Chromosomes; D005347:Fibroblasts; D017988:Gammaretrovirus; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000196:embryology; D009154:Mutation; D013539:Simian virus 40