Vz. Agrba et al., VIRUS-PRODUCING SPH-7(T) LINE OBTAINED FR OM THE SPLEEN GELLS OF PAPIO-HAMADRYAS WITH MALIGNANT-LYMPHOMA, Eksperimental'naa onkologia, 15(4), 1993, pp. 38-41
T-lymphoid suspension cell line SPH-7(T) was obtained by cultivation o
f mononuclear cells from the spleen of Papio hamadryas. The cells reve
aled T-cell characteristics with a hepler phenotype (CD4+). The Southe
rn blott-hybridization has exhibited proviral DNA groups STVL-I. Mg2+-
dependent reverse transcriptase activity and polypeptides of gag-compl
ex (p24 and p19) STTV-I have been found in the culture fluid using imm
unoblotting with HTLV-I positive sera.