An inverse relation between cell density and the numner of microvilli in cultures of BHK 21 hamster fibroblasts.

Comparative attenuation of African horsesickness virus in mosquito (Aêdes albopictus) and in hamster kidney (BHK-21) celllines

The identification and partial characterization of the fibroblast growth factor receptor of baby hamster kidney cells.

The binding of biologically active, 125I-labeled basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) to baby hamster kidney-derived cell line cells (BHK-21) was studied at 4 degrees C. Unlabeled FGF displaced cell surface bound 125I-FGF, but platelet-derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor, insulin, or transferrin did not. Binding was saturable both as a function of time and as a function of increasing...

G2 cell cycle arrest induced by glycopeptides isolated from the bovine cerebral cortex

The ability of glycopeptides, isolated from bovine cerebral cortex, to alter cell division was studied by cell-cycle analyses. The results showed that glycopeptides arrested baby hamster kidney (BHK)-21 cells and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells in the G2 phase of the cell cycle. Upon removal of the growth inhibition from arrested BHK-21 cells, the mitotic index in colchicine-treated cultures ...

The N-terminal region of the murine coronavirus spike glycoprotein is associated with the extended host range of viruses from persistently infected murine cells.

Although murine coronaviruses naturally infect only mice, several virus variants derived from persistently infected murine cell cultures have an extended host range. The mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) variant MHV/BHK can infect hamster, rat, cat, dog, monkey, and human cell lines but not the swine testis (ST) porcine cell line (J. H. Schickli, B. D. Zelus, D. E. Wentworth, S. G. Sawicki, and K. V....

Dimethyl Sulfoxide-induced Reversion of Several Features of Polyoma Transformed Baby Hamster Kidney Cells (bhk-21)

Cells of a polyoma virus transformed clonal line (Cl-I) of baby hamster kidney fibroblasts (BHK-21) were grown in medium containing 2 percent dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). Unlike the untransformed BHK-21 cells, Cl-I cells adapted to replication in the presence of DMSO, and they exhibited a rapidly reversible phenotypic reversion of a number of properties characteristic of the transformed state. Res...