[Cloning of terminal fragments of the avian adenovirus CELO genome and isolation of a recombinant plasmid carrying the viral oncogene].

The terminal fragment of avian adenovirus CELO has been cloned in a plasmid vector. The obtained recombinant plasmid pCBE1 carries the terminal BamHI-E fragment of CELO DNA. Transfection of a nonpermissive culture of Rat2 cell line by the plasmid DNA results in formation of transformation focuses. The cloned BamHI-E fragment of CELO DNA is concluded to contain the viral oncogene. Thus, the CELO genome region deriving the BamHI-E fragment is "left".