title: High efficiency DNA-mediated transformation of primate cells.
abstract: Tissue culture cells from several mammalian species, including three primate lines, were transfected with recombinant vectors carrying Escherichia coli xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase or Tn5 aminoglycoside phosphotransferase dominant selectable markers. Human HeLa and SV40-transformed xeroderma pigmentosum cells exhibited stable transformation frequencies of at least 10(-3) (0.1 percent). CV-1, an African green monkey kidney cell line, could be stably transformed with the exceptionally high frequency of 6 X 10(-2) (6 percent).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001358:Avian Sarcoma Viruses / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000378:metabolism*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D010957:Plasmids; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant