PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hooks, John
AU  - Gibbs, C. J.
AU  - Chopra, H.
AU  - Lewis, M.
AU  - Gajdusek, D. C.
TI  - Spontaneous Transformation of Human Brain Cells Grown in vitro and Description of Associated Virus Particles
AID  - 10.1126/science.176.4042.1420
DP  - 1972 Jun 30
TA  - Science
PG  - 1420--1422
VI  - 176
IP  - 4042
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/176/4042/1420.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/176/4042/1420.full
SO  - Science1972 Jun 30; 176
AB  - A human brain cell culture grown in vitro has spontaneously transformed, as determined by morphology, growth characteristics, and karyotype analysis. Virus particles morphologically akin to oncogenic RNA viruses are present in the transformed cells, which are now in subculture 60.