Table 2

Production of Gag antigen SIV in dividing and non-dividing CEMx174 cells.

Virus
MTT1 +aphid1day/+aphid 3 days (OD)
Viability index (fold difference)
p27 ng/ml2 -aphid.3 days
p27 ng/ml2 +aphid.3 days (x3)3

SIVmac239
0.327/0.106
3
28
17
SIVmac239T
0.302/0.105
2.9
32
41
SIVmac18
0.334/0.104
3.2
10
12
SIVmac18T
0.386/0.117
3.7
19
41

1MTT assay is described in Methods

2Amount of Gag p27 antigen in supernatants determined by ELISA described in Methods

3amount was adjusted in according to results of MTT assay.

Vzorov et al. Retrovirology 2007 4:94   doi:10.1186/1742-4690-4-94

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