Abstract
The cellular sites of integration of avian sarcoma virus (ASV) have been examined in clones of duck embryo cells infected with the Bratislava 77 strain of ASV using restriction endonuclease digestion, agarose gel electrophoresis, Southern blotting, and hybridization with labeled ASV complementary DNA probes. DNA prepared from 11 clones of duck embryo cells infected with the Bratislava 77 strain of ASV was digested with the restriction enzymes HpaI, which cleaves once within the viral genome, and Hind III, which cleaves twice within the viral genome, and the virus-cell DNA juncture fragments were resolved by agarose gel electrophoresis. Analysis of the virus-cell junctures present in individual ASV-infected duck embryo clones revealed that all clones contain at least one copy of nondefective proviral DNA with some clones containing as many as 5 to 6 copies of proviral DNA. A comparison of the virus-cell juncture fragments present in different ASV-infected clones showed that each clone contains a unique set of virus-cell junctures. These data suggest that ASV DNA can integrate at multiple sites within the duck embryo cell genome and that these sites appear to be different as defined by digestion with the restriction enzymes HpaI and HindIII.
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