Temperature-Sensitive Virus from Aedes albopictus Cells Chronically Infected with Sindbis Virus
- 1 February 1974
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Virology
- Vol. 13 (2), 439-447
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.13.2.439-447.1974
Abstract
Cultures of Aedes albopictus cells persistently infected with wild-type Sindbis virus (SV-W) give rise to small plaque-forming mutants which are also temperature sensitive. These mutants, designated SV-C, are neutralized by antiserum produced against SV-W. Mutant ts clones were isolated from SV-C by plaque purification. After serial undiluted passage in BHK or mosquito cells, each of the clones gave rise to ts+ revertants which, however, remained mutant with respect to plaque morphology. Nineteen of 20 clones derived from SV-C were RNA+, and one was RNA− (SV-C-2). The RNA synthesizing activity, once induced in infected cells by SV-C-2, was stable at the nonpermissive temperature (39.5 C). All clones derived from SV-C were inactivated at 60 C much more quickly than was SV-W. It was not possible to demonstrate complementation between any of the SV-C clones.Keywords
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