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. 1979 Aug;31(2):389–397. doi: 10.1128/jvi.31.2.389-397.1979

Suppression of multiplication of avian sarcoma virus by rapid spread of transformation-defective virus of the same subgroup.

L F Estis, H M Temin
PMCID: PMC353461  PMID: 225561

Abstract

We have tested the hypothesis that some transformation-defective (td) viruses grow faster than the avian sarcoma viruses (ASV) from which they are derived, resulting in establishment of interference by the td virus and suppression of the ASV multiplication. Using an ASV of subgroup A (ASV-A) that does not contain td virus and an independently isolated tdASV-A, we performed separate and mixed infections to test this hypothesis. At multiplicities of 1 or less, tdASV alone grew to higher titers and more rapidly than ASV alone. In mixed infections at low multiplicities that allowed spread of progeny virus, when as little as 10% of the virus inoculum was td virus, there was an excess of td virus by 2 days after infection and a decrease in the titer of ASV relative to a control infection with no td virus. In mixed infections at high multiplicities which minimized spread of progeny virus, there was no excess of td virus and the titer of ASV was not decreased relative to the control infection with no td virus. These data support the hypothesis that we proposed and indicate that deletions in the ASV src gene may not be a high-frequency event. We also present data concerning the amounts of unintegrated viral DNA found after the separare and mixed infections. There was no simple correlation between the amounts of unintegrated viral DNA early after infection and the titers of virus produced, indicating perhaps that virus production was determined by integrated viral DNA.

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