HIV‐1 indicator cell lines
作者:
Alan Akrigg,
Gavin Wilkinson,
Susan Angliss,
Peter Greenaway,
期刊:
AIDS
(OVID Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 2
页码: 153-158
ISSN:0269-9370
年代: 1991
出版商: OVID
关键词: HIV-1;indicator cell lines;HIV-1 quantitative assay;reporter gene;β-galactosidase;episomal expression vectors
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A simple quantitative bioassay for infectious HIV-1 has been developed. The assay is based on adherent CD4+ HeLa cell lines stably transfected with episomal vectors carrying theEscherichia coliβ-galactosidase gene under the control of the HIV long terminal repeat (LTR) promoter. HIV infection of these cell lines transactivates the LTR promoter inducing β-galactosidase production. Infected cells and virus foci can be stained dark blue by the addition of the chromogenic substrate X-Cal. Alternatively, a readily automatable quantitative enzyme assay can be performed on the infected cultures. Because of its simplicity the bioassay may be useful for routine quantification of HIV-infected cultures, plaque purification, virus neutralization studies and for the screening of antiviral agents.
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