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The N9 murine microglia cell line was a gift kindly provided by Dr. P. Ricciardi-Castagnoli [ 62 ] . This cell line has been used extensively as a model for microglia [ 63 64 65 ] . These cells were derived by immortalization of day 13 embryonic brain cultures with a retrovirus carrying an activated v-myc oncogene.
These values suggested that the relatedness was significant and may be evidence of an exchange of genes encoding this important category of proteins between insect cells and members of the baculovirus and retrovirus families.
Toward this end, the present study characterised a mutation generated by insertion of the U3Neo gene trap retrovirus into an intron of the hnRNP A2/B1 gene.
Hyal-1 is a candidate tumor suppressor [ 5 18 ] , although it enhances extravasation and metastasis of prostate cancer cells [ 3 ] . Also, mutations in Hyal-1 may contribute to the pathogenesis of a lysosomal disorder, mucopolysaccharidosis IX [ 19 ] . Hyal-2 is a lysosomal protein, which is active at low pH [ 20 ] . This protein is also known to be a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored cell-surface receptor for jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus [ 21 ] .
The 1B4 cell line was isolated by infecting D3 ES cells with the U3Neo gene trap retrovirus and selecting for G418 resistant clones [ 29 ] . 1B4 cells contain a single, intact provirus as assessed by Southern blot hybridization (data not shown).