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3Y1 rat fibroblasts transformed by adenovirus type 12 or by its E1A gene formed syncytia when cocultivated with the Friend as well as other ecotropic murine leukemia-virus-producing cells. In contrast, the parental 3Y1 cells and those transformed by other tumor viruses or by a chemical carcinogen exhibited no syncytium formation.
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Momozaki, N., Ogura, H., Matsuhashi, S. et al. Selective syncytium formation by murine leukemia virus in rat 3Y1 fibroblasts transformed by adenovirus type 12 or its E1A gene. Archives of Virology 115, 123–126 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01310628
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