title: Characterization of mouse cellular deoxyribonucleic acid homologous to Abelson murine leukemia virus-specific sequences.
abstract: The genome of Abelson murine leukemia virus (A-MuLV) consists of sequences derived from both BALB/c mouse deoxyribonucleic acid and the genome of Moloney murine leukemia virus. Using deoxyribonucleic acid linear intermediates as a source of retroviral deoxyribonucleic acid, we isolated a recombinant plasmid which contained 1.9 kilobases of the 3.5-kilobase mouse-derived sequences found in A-MuLV (A-MuLV-specific sequences). We used this clone, designated pSA-17, as a probe restriction enzyme and Southern blot analyses to examine the arrangement of homologous sequences in BALB/c deoxyribonucleic acid (endogenous Abelson sequences). The endogenous Abelson sequences within the mouse genome were interrupted by noncoding regions, suggesting that a rearrangement of the cell sequences was required to produce the sequence found in the virus. Endogenous Abelson sequences were arranged similarly in mice that were susceptible to A-MuLV tumors and in mice that were resistant to A-MuLV tumors. An examination of three BALB/c plasmacytomas and a BALB/c early B-cell tumor likewise revealed no alteration in the arrangement of the endogenous Abelson sequences. Homology to pSA-17 was also observed in deoxyribonucleic acids prepared from rat, hamster, chicken, and human cells. An isolate of A-MuLV which encoded a 160,000-dalton transforming protein (P160) contained 700 more base pairs of mouse sequences than the standard A-MuLV isolate, which encoded a 120,000-dalton transforming protein (P120).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas 75235, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozanne
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000011:Abelson murine leukemia virus / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D051381:Rats; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D004247:DNA