Identification of a UV-induced trans-acting protein that stimulates polyomavirus DNA replication.

Z. A. Ronai, I. B. Weinstein

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Abstract

Previous studies provided indirect evidence that the ability of a variety of DNA-damaging agents to induce asynchronous polyomavirus DNA replication in the H3 rat fibroblast cell line is mediated by a trans-acting factor. Using an erythrocyte insertion technique to introduce protein fractions from UV-irradiated cells into unirradiated H3 cells, we have now obtained evidence that this factor is a 60-kilodalton protein. These findings provide evidence that DNA damage in mammalian cells induces a factor that can alter the replication of a viral DNA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1057-1060
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Virology
Volume62
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1988
Externally publishedYes

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