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  • Title: Complementation of a bovine papilloma virus low-copy-number mutant: evidence for a temporal requirement of the complementing gene.
    Author: Berg LJ, Singh K, Botchan M.
    Journal: Mol Cell Biol; 1986 Mar; 6(3):859-69. PubMed ID: 3022134.
    Abstract:
    We identified a bovine papilloma virus function encoded by the E6/E7 gene, which is required for both BPV high-copy-number replication and maintenance of transformation of cultured cells. A cDNA copy of this gene was isolated and expressed from a retrovirus vector. We found that complete complementation of a BPV low-copy-number mutant (dl576) by the cDNA encoding the E6/E7 gene was temporally dependent. When both the E6/E7 cDNA and dl576 were introduced together into cells, wild-type replication and stable transformation resulted. In contrast, introduction of the complementing cDNA into cells already carrying dl576 led to only partial amplification of the resident mutant DNA accompanied by a restoration of the transformed phenotype. These results, along with other findings, suggest that the establishment of BPV plasmid replication occurs in two stages: an initial amplification of the incoming DNA followed by stable homeostatic replication which maintains the existing copy number.
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