Identification of Replication Competent Murine Gammaretroviruses in Commonly Used Prostate Cancer Cell Lines

A newly discovered gammaretrovirus, termed XMRV, was recently reported to be present in the prostate cancer cell line CWR22Rv1. Using a combination of both immunohistochemistry with broadly-reactive murine leukemia virus (MLV) anti-sera and PCR, we determined if additional prostate cancer or other c...

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Main Authors: Sfanos, Karen Sandell, Aloia, Amanda L., Hicks, Jessica L., Esopi, David M., Steranka, Jared P., Shao, Wei, Sanchez-Martinez, Silvia, Yegnasubramanian, Srinivasan, Burns, Kathleen H., Rein, Alan, De Marzo, Angelo M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117837/