title: Construction and expression of a recombinant DNA gene encoding a polyomavirus middle-size tumor antigen with the carboxyl terminus of the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G.
abstract: We constructed a molecular clone encoding the N-terminal 379 amino acids of the polyomavirus middle-size tumor antigen, followed by the C-terminal 60 amino acids of the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G. This hybrid gene contained the coding region for the C-terminal hydrophobic membrane-spanning domain of the G protein in place of the C-terminal hydrophobic domain of the middle-size tumor antigen. The hybrid gene was expressed in COS-1 cells under the control of the simian virus 40 late promoter. The hybrid protein was located in cell membranes and was associated with a tyrosine-specific protein kinase activity, as was the middle-size tumor antigen. Plasmids encoding the hybrid protein failed to transform mouse NIH 3T3 or rat F2408 cells.
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011120:Polyomavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014721:Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; C028391:G protein, vesicular stomatitis virus; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins