Genetic evidence that acute morphologic transformation, induction of cellular DNA synthesis, and focus formation are mediated by a single activity of the bovine papillomavirus E5 protein.
Settleman J, Fazeli A, Malicki J, Horwitz B, DiMaio D. Genetic evidence that acute morphologic transformation, induction of cellular DNA synthesis, and focus formation are mediated by a single activity of the bovine papillomavirus E5 protein. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1989, 9: 5563-5572. PMID: 2555701, PMCID: PMC363726, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.12.5563.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsE5 proteinE5 geneCellular DNA synthesisC127 cellsBovine papillomavirus E5 proteinMouse C127 cellsDNA synthesisMorphologic transformationCultured rodent cellsDefective phenotypeMissense mutantsUnstable proteinDefective mutantsGenetic evidenceMutational analysisE5 activityRodent cellsCell cycleViral genesBiochemical activitySerum starvationCell transformationGenesContact inhibitionVirus multiplicity