title: In vitro transformation by bovine papillomavirus.
abstract: We have studied tumorigenic transformation of mouse tissue culture cells by bovine papillomavirus (BPV) as a model of papillomavirus-induced cell proliferation. When BPV or its 7.9-kb full-length viral DNA genome induces focal transformation of mouse calls, the viral DNA is maintained in the transformed cells as multiple extrachromosomal copies. The transforming capacity was initially localized to a 69% subgenomic fragment of the viral DNA genome. We have further characterized the BPV DNA sequences that can encode the transforming function by generating and analyzing the transforming activity of a series of BPV DNA deletion mutants. The results indicated that two discontinuous segments of the viral DNA are required for transformation. One segment, near the 5' end of the 69% transforming fragment, probably represents a control element of the viral DNA. The second segment, which lies within the 3' end of the 69% fragment, encodes transforming sequences of the viral DNA. A retroviral control element (the long terminal repeat DNA. A retroviral control element (the long terminal repeat DNA of Harvey murine sarcoma virus) will activate the 2.3-kb segment at the 3' end of the 69% fragment to transform the mouse cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D052688:Bovine papillomavirus 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005815:Genetic Code; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes