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  • Title: DNA-mediated transfer of a human gene that confers resistance to mitomycin C.
    Author: Buchwald M, Clarke C.
    Journal: J Cell Physiol; 1991 Sep; 148(3):472-8. PubMed ID: 1918174.
    Abstract:
    Attempts to complement the defect in the mitomycin C (MMC)-sensitive Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) mutant MMC3 led to the isolation of hybrids with high resistance to the cytotoxic action of the drug. Hybrid cells selected with MMC after fusion of MMC3 cells to human diploid fibroblasts were approximately five times more resistant to MMC than wild-type CHO cells but retained the original MMC3 sensitivity to another DNA cross-linking agent, diepoxybutane. To confirm that the MMC resistance was genetically determined and was of human origin, DNA from the resistant hybrids was introduced into MMC3 cells, and transfectants were selected in MMC. These cells had the same level of MMC resistance as the hybrids. Thus we have identified a human gene that can confer MMC resistance to CHO cells. Identification of the gene should help understand the mechanisms of MMC resistance in mammalian cells.
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