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: Karen Sandell Sfanos, Amanda L Aloia, Jessica L Hicks, David M Esopi, Jared P Steranka, Wei Shao, Silvia Sanchez-Martinez, Srinivasan Yegnasubramanian, Kathleen H Burns, Alan Rein, Angelo M De Marzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3117837?pdf=render