Abstract
The chromosome complements of human/mouse hybrid cell lines of mouse 3T3-4E and RAG parentage have been analyzed using chromosome banding methods. Three lines that were susceptible to lytic infection with poliovirus contained eleven to seventeen human chromosomes, including chromosome 19. Polio-resistant sublines of these contained no chromosome 19 and showed no other consistent change in the complement of human chromosomes. Human chromosome 19 therefore is essential for polio-sensitivity. Since polio sensitivity was correlated with receptor activity in these lines, we conclude that chromosome 19 carries the structural gene for the poliovirus receptor. Sensitivity to echo-7 and Rhino-1A viruses could not be related to the presence of a specific human chromosome.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 167-173 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Cell |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1974 |
| Externally published | Yes |