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SUBMITTER: Knouf EC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2704771 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Knouf Emily C EC Metzger Michael J MJ Mitchell Patrick S PS Arroyo Jason D JD Chevillet John R JR Tewari Muneesh M Miller A Dusty AD
Journal of virology 20090429 14
The human retrovirus XMRV (xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus) is associated with prostate cancer, most frequently in humans with a defect in the antiviral defense protein RNase L, suggesting a role for XMRV in prostate carcinogenesis. However, XMRV has not been found in prostate carcinoma cells. Here we show that 22Rv1 prostate carcinoma cells produce high-titer virus that is nearly identical in properties and sequence to XMRV isolated by others and consist primarily of a single clo ...[more]