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Genetics, Vol 146, 1417-1428, Copyright © 1997
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Induction of Duplication Reversion in Human Fibroblasts, by Wild-Type and Mutated SV40 T Antigen, Covaries With the Ability to Induce Host DNA Synthesis
M. A. Shammas, S. J. Xia and RJS. Reis
Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
Intrachromosomal homologous recombination, manifest as reversion of a 14-kbp duplication in the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) gene, is elevated in human cells either stably transformed or transiently transfected by the SV40 (simian virus 40) large T antigen gene. Following introduction of wild-type SV40, or any of several T-antigen point mutations in a constant SV40 background, we observed a strong correlation between the stimulation of chromosomal recombination and induction of host-cell DNA synthesis. Moreover, inhibitors of DNA replication (aphidicolin and hydroxyurea) suppress SV40-induced homologous recombination to the extent that they suppress DNA synthesis. Stable integration of plasmids encoding T antigen also augments homologous recombination, which is suppressed by aphidicolin. We infer that the mechanism by which T antigen stimulates homologous recombination in human fibroblasts involves DNA replicative synthesis.
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