[Scanning microscopy of hamster cells transformed by herpes simplex virus type 2]

Scanning microscopy was used to examine the features of morphology and attachment to a solid substrate of a transformed and tumor lines of hamster cells. These cell lines differed from normal hamster fibroblasts by changes in the mode of attachment and the degree of flattening on the solid substrate, relief of the cell surface and pattern of intercellular interactions. The observed morphological changes correlated with the degree of cell transformation.