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J Virol. 1985 May; 54(2): 285-294

Molecular cloning, characterization, and genetic mapping of an endogenous murine mammary tumor virus proviral unit I of C3H/He mice.

ABSTRACT

We have cloned and characterized a novel endogenous murine mammary tumor virus proviral unit of the C3H/He strain of mice. The cloned proviral unit is 16 kilobase pairs (kbp) in size and is composed of a 5.6-kbp 5' EcoRI segment of an endogenous provirus with 10.4-kbp flanking cellular sequences. A comparison of the restriction map of the cloned proviral DNA with that of an endogenous provirus of the GR strain of mice has revealed minor differences in restriction sites on the two proviruses. The restriction enzyme SstI, which does not cleave the 5' EcoRI fragment of GR DNA, cleaves the C3H/He proviral sequences once; MspI has an additional site in the C3H/He proviral sequences. By using a subcloned fragment containing unique cellular sequences as a hybridization probe, we (i) mapped the C3H/He proviral unit to chromosome 14 by using mouse-hamster somatic cell hybrids, and (ii) demonstrated that this proviral unit is also present in the genome of DBA/2 mice. From these results we conclude that the C3H/He strain of mice acquired this proviral unit from DBA stock by genetic transmission. Our data also indicate that the murine mammary tumor virus sequences present in the gag-specific proviral unit of C3H/He mice extend at least 2.45 kbp downstream of the EcoRI site in the genomic DNA. Since the structural organization and chromosomal location of this proviral unit are distinct from those of previously reported proviral units represented by similar-sized (16.7-kbp) EcoRI fragments, we tentatively propose to designate this proviral unit Mtv-7a.

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