Skip to main content
Applied Microbiology logoLink to Applied Microbiology
. 1971 Dec;22(6):1162–1163. doi: 10.1128/am.22.6.1162-1163.1971

Effect of Polycations on Sensitivity of BALB/3T3 Cells to Murine Leukemia and Sarcoma Virus Infectivity

Jarue S Manning 1,1, Adeline J Hackett 1, Norman B Darby Jr 1,2
PMCID: PMC376504  PMID: 4332936

Abstract

Polybrene or diethylaminoethyl dextran, when added with murine leukemia or sarcoma virus inocula, significantly increased virus infectivity of BALB/3T3 cells. Residual polycation concentrations were nontoxic.

Full text

PDF
1163

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Craighead J. E., Layne C. H. Contrasting effects of polycations on plaquing efficiency of encephalomyocarditis virus variants. J Virol. 1969 Jan;3(1):45–51. doi: 10.1128/jvi.3.1.45-51.1969. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Duc-Nguyen H. Enhancing effect of diethylaminoethyl-dextran on the focus-forming titer of a murine sarcoma virus (Harvey strain). J Virol. 1968 Jun;2(6):643–644. doi: 10.1128/jvi.2.6.643-644.1968. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Hartley J. W., Rowe W. P. Production of altered cell foci in tissue culture by defective Moloney sarcoma virus particles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1966 Apr;55(4):780–786. doi: 10.1073/pnas.55.4.780. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Toyoshima K., Vogt P. K. Enhancement and inhibition of avian sarcoma viruses by polycations and polyanions. Virology. 1969 Jul;38(3):414–426. doi: 10.1016/0042-6822(69)90154-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Applied Microbiology are provided here courtesy of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESOURCES