Abstract
The replication of Friend Leukemia virus (FLV) has been investigated in adhesive clones (FF) of Friend Leukemia cells which were selected via cultivation on top of human fibroblast monolayers. In these adhesive clones a shut-down of FLV production is observed under conditions of culture confluency; this finding is not due either to a reduced number of cell divisions nor to a defective expression of FLV genome as assessed by Northern blot and immunofluorescence studies. Ultrastructural studies showed that virus budding and release into the medium is not detectable under these conditions. Conversely, in confluent FF cell monolayers abundant imperfect type-A enveloped particles were visible, possibly originating from stacks of granular endoplasmic reticulum with thickened membranes. It is postulated that the reduced virus production in adhesive FF monolayers is due to as yet undetermined events taking place during virus maturation at a time coincident with that of cell-cell adhesion under conditions of culture confluency.
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