The Study on BIV Activity in Human Cells M T -4
Abstract: Bovine immunodeficiency virus(BIV)is a kind of Lentivirus belonging tO Retrovirus,and up tO now.there is no report about itS infection tO human.In order to check BIV S infection to human cells,we transfected BIVl27 cDAN into human cells MT一4.By RT~PCR,we checked the transcription of BIV S gag gene,and determined the expression of gag or gag-pol gene in M T一4 cell by IFA.Re— verse Transcriptase(RT)assay showed the reverse transcriptase of BIVl27 had been expressed,while cell infection experiment indicated that BIV couldn t replicate in MT一4 cells.