RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Cremer, Natalie E. A1 Oshiro, Lyndon S. A1 Hagens, Shirley J.YR 1979 T1 Cyclic Expression of Antigen and Infectious Virus in a BHK Cell Line (0-853) Persistently Infected with an SSPE Strain of Measles Virus JF Journal of General Virology, VO 42 IS 3 SP 637 OP 640 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-42-3-637 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB SUMMARY Establishment and characteristics of a baby hamster kidney cell line (BHK 0-853) persistently infected with a subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) strain of measles virus (Lec strain) is described. The persistent infection was easily and repeatedly established and no special conditions were required. There was a predictable fluctuation in expression of virus intracellular and membrane antigens which varied from greater than 90% to less than 1% of the cells demonstrating these antigens during the first 6 or 7 passages. Thereafter, fluctuation of antigen and infectious virus expression continued in an unpredictable fashion., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-42-3-637