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Journal of Virology, December 1998, p. 10242-10245, Vol. 72, No. 12
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Seattle, Washington 98109,1 and
Department of Pathology2 and
Medical Scientist Training Program,3
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
Received 6 July 1998/Accepted 7 September 1998
Mus dunni endogenous virus (MDEV) infects a wide
variety of cell types from many different species. To take advantage of
this broad host range, we have constructed packaging cells (PD223) that
produce virions bearing the MDEV envelope. PD223 cells are able to
package Moloney murine leukemia virus-based vectors at a titer of
4 × 105 infectious units per ml in the absence of
contaminating replication-competent retrovirus. Vectors packaged by
PD223 cells are able to transduce CHO cells, which are resistant to
transduction by many retroviruses, at
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Retrovirus Packaging Cells Expressing the Mus
dunni Endogenous Virus Envelope Facilitate Transduction of CHO
and Primary Hematopoietic Cells
25-fold higher efficiency than
vectors having other pseudotypes. A vector packaged by PD223 was found
to be among the most efficient for transducing primary baboon and human
CD34+ cells.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. North, Seattle, WA
98109-1024. Phone: (206) 667-2890. Fax: (206) 667-6523. E-mail:
dmiller{at}fhcrc.org.
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