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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
Persistent reovirus infection of L cells was established with a serially passaged stock of temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant C(447) containing greater than 90% defective interfering particles. Within a month after establishment of the carrier culture, the ts mutant was replaced by virus that expressed the wild-type (ts(+)) temperature phenotype (R. Ahmed and A. F. Graham, J. Virol. 23:250-262, 1977). To determine whether the ts(+) phenotype of the virus was due to intragenic reversion or to the presence of an extragenic mutation suppressing the original ts defect, several clones were backcrossed to wild-type reovirus, and the progeny of each cross were screened for temperature sensitivity. The results indicated that the original tsC lesion had reverted. However, in two of the seven clones examined, new ts lesions were found. These new ts lesions appeared phenotypically as ts(+) due to the presence of extragenic suppressor mutations. Temperature-sensitive mutants representing three different groups were rescued from one suppressed clone, indicating that this ts(+) clone contained multiple ts lesions. Among the ts mutants rescued were the initial isolates of a new recombination group which we have designated H. Some of the ts mutants rescued from the suppressed clones are capable of interfering with the growth of wild-type reovirus and may play a role in maintaining the carrier state. The results of this study show that persistently infected L cells contain a genetically heterogeneous population of reovirus even though all virus clones express the ts(+) phenotype. It is thus critical to distinguish between genotype and phenotype when analyzing viruses that emerge during persistent infection.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-538X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
383-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic variation during persistent reovirus infection: presence of extragenically suppressed temperature-sensitive lesions in wild-type virus isolated from persistently infected L cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.