Screening retroviral packaging cells for highly efficient virus production by using a combined selection procedure

J Virol. 1994 Jan;68(1):566-9. doi: 10.1128/JVI.68.1.566-569.1994.

Abstract

To facilitate the screening for clones of transfected packaging cells producing a high yield of recombinant retrovirus, we present a fast and simple method for the isolation of overexpressing cells. By this method the efficiency of virus production can generally be enhanced 10- to 100-fold by application of high selection pressure. Cell lines which exhibit titers of up to 10(8) CFU/ml were obtained.

MeSH terms

  • 3T3 Cells
  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cloning, Molecular / methods*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial / genetics
  • Genetic Markers
  • Leukemia Virus, Murine / genetics
  • Mice
  • Neomycin / pharmacology
  • Proviruses / genetics
  • Puromycin / pharmacology
  • Retroviridae / genetics*
  • Retroviridae / growth & development*
  • Selection, Genetic
  • Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase / genetics
  • Virus Cultivation
  • Virus Replication

Substances

  • Genetic Markers
  • Puromycin
  • Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase
  • Neomycin