Analysis of v-mos encoded proteins in cells transformed by several related murine sarcoma viruses
✍ Scribed by Jackie Papkoff; Dr. Mei H.-T. Lai; Tony Hunter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 942 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0730-2312
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We have used antisera against synthetic peptides to identify and characterize a 37,000 dalton v‐mos encoded protein (p37__mos__) in cells transformed by M‐MuSV 124. p37__mos__, a phosphoprotein, comprises only about 0.0005% of total cellular protein in cell lines transformed by M‐MuSV 124. NIH 3T3 cells acutely infected with M‐MuSV 124, however, contain 30–100‐fold more p37__mos__. These elevated levels of p37__mos__ correlate with striking morphological changes and cell death in the acutely infected cell population. Using the antipeptide antisera, we have extended the analysis of v‐mos proteins to include several other MuSV variants that contain a similar v‐mos gene to M‐MuSV 124. With the exception of P85, the gag‐mos fusion protein from ts110 MuSV, the v‐mos gene of these variants is expressed as a 35,000–37,000 dalton protein (size depending on the particular virus).