Absence of interference during high-multiplicity infection by clonally purified vesicular stomatitis virus

J Virol. 1971 Mar;7(3):409-11. doi: 10.1128/JVI.7.3.409-411.1971.

Abstract

Stocks of vesicular stomatitis virus free of defective interfering particles were produced by serial clonal isolation. High-multiplicity infections with these stocks led to no interference or formation of defective interfering particles. Defective interfering particles were generated by three successive passages at high multiplicity.

MeSH terms

  • Agar
  • Animals
  • Centrifugation, Density Gradient
  • Clone Cells
  • Cricetinae
  • Culture Techniques*
  • Dactinomycin
  • Female
  • Ovary
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • RNA, Viral / biosynthesis
  • Sucrose
  • Tritium
  • Uridine / metabolism
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / analysis
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / growth & development*
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / isolation & purification
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / metabolism
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / pathogenicity
  • Viral Interference*
  • Virus Cultivation
  • Virus Replication

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Tritium
  • Dactinomycin
  • Sucrose
  • Agar
  • Uridine