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Adenovirus DNA integrated into the genomes of adenovirus-transformed hamster cells or of adenovirus type 12 (Ad12)-induced hamster tumor cells can be located at many different chromosomal sites. This raises the question as to whether distinct isochores of the hamster cell genome might be more accessible to recombination with adenovirus DNA. In Ad12- or Ad2-transformed hamster cell lines, and in Ad12 revertants, the investigated integrated viral DNA sequences were assigned to isochore families by analyzing DNA fractions from preparative CsCl density gradients for their buoyant densities (and, therefore, GC levels) and for the presence of viral DNA. Adenovirus DNA sequences were found in different isochores, which did not generally match the base composition of viral sequences. This is in apparent contrast to what was previously observed with retroviral integration. However, in cell lines carried in culture for many years, the viral DNA sequences might have been transposed to different isochore positions, since the host sequences flanking the viral DNA appear to have been conserved.
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Received 6 July 2004; received after revision 23 August 2004; accepted 6 October 2004
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Wronka, G., Bernardi, G. & Doerfler, W. Localization of integrated adenovirus DNA in the hamster genome. CMLS, Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 61, 2983–2990 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-004-4294-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-004-4294-6