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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
We describe the generation of mammalian cell lines carrying amber suppressor genes. Nonsense mutants in the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV tk) gene, the Escherichia coli xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (Eco-gpt) gene and the aminoglycoside 3' phosphotransferase gene of the Tn5 transposon (NPT-II) were isolated and characterized. Each gene was engineered with the appropriate control signals to allow expression in both E. coli and mammalian cells. Expression in E. coli made possible the use of well developed bacterial and phage genetic manipulations to isolate and characterize the nonsense mutants. Once characterized, the nonsense mutants were transferred into mammalian cells by microinjection and used, in turn, to select for amber suppressor genes. Xenopus laevis amber suppressor genes, prepared by site-specific mutagenesis of a normal X. laevis tRNA gene, were microinjected into the above cell lines and selected for the expression of one or more of the amber mutant gene products. The resulting cell lines, containing functional amber suppressor genes, are stable and exhibit normal growth rates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
137-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Establishment of mammalian cell lines containing multiple nonsense mutations and functional suppressor tRNA genes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't