Inducibility of human beta-interferon gene in mouse L-cell clones
Hauser, H.; Gross, G.; Bruns, W.; Hochkeppel, H.K.; Mayr, U.; Collins, J.
Nature 297(5868): 650-654
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-0836 PMID: 6178033 Document Number: 186636
Transfer of a 36-kilobase piece of human DNA containing the beta-interferon (IFN-beta) gene into mouse Ltk-cells leads to transient expression of human interferon even without an exogenous inducer. A low level of human interferon expression is also found in most stable clones containing the transferred DNA. With double-stranded RNA or Newcastle disease virus (NDV) as inducer, human interferon expression is greatly increased. The induced transcript is identical to normal human IFN-beta mRNA. Neighbouring genes contained on the transferred DNA are co-induced but are not essential for the production of human interferon in mouse L cells.