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Abstract
Adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV) is a helper dependent parvovirus which can inhibit the oncogenic and transforming potential of its helper viruses: adenoviruses (Ad) and herpesviruses. Here we have assayed AAV's ability to inhibit cellular transformation induced by bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1), a member of another family of DNA viruses. AAV was able to markedly inhibit BPV-1-induced transformation of contact-inhibited murine fibroblasts either by infection with virus particles or by DNA transfection. This inhibition was mapped to the full-length, unspliced, rep gene product, Rep78, of AAV. DNA replication by AAV or by BPV-1 was not required for inhibition of transformation to take place.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2549714 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(89)90127-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virology ISSN: 0042-6822 Impact factor: 3.616