White Robert E, Carline Lindsay, Allday Martin J
Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom.
J Virol. 2007 Jun;81(12):6765-70. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02579-06. Epub 2007 Apr 11.
Deletion of the terminal repeats (TR) from herpesvirus saimiri (HVS) renders it unable to produce infectious virus or generate plaques. However, a TR-deleted HVS bacterial artificial chromosome can form replication compartments. Complementation of this mutant shows that one copy of the TR, plus the right junction of the genome with the TR, is sufficient for efficient plaque formation and generation of infectious virus. Within the TR unit, the region around the cleavage site of the genome appears both necessary and sufficient for virus production. Analysis of episomes from productive cells indicates a propensity to amplify TR numbers during the lytic cycle.
从猴疱疹病毒(HVS)中删除末端重复序列(TR)会使其无法产生感染性病毒或形成噬斑。然而,一个删除了TR的HVS细菌人工染色体能够形成复制区室。对该突变体的互补分析表明,一份TR拷贝加上基因组与TR的右连接区,就足以高效形成噬斑并产生感染性病毒。在TR单元内,基因组切割位点周围的区域对于病毒产生似乎既是必需的也是足够的。对生产性细胞中附加体的分析表明,在裂解周期中存在扩增TR数量的倾向。