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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
Our laboratory previously identified and preliminarily mapped 58 viral RNA transcripts in varicella zoster virus (VZV) infected cells (Ostrove et al., 1985). This study was initiated to more precisely map these transcripts, to identify additional transcripts, and to determine transcript directionality. To accomplish this, 32 overlapping BamHI, EcoRI, and SmaI fragments representing 99.7% of the genome were cloned into pGEM-2, a plasmid which contains a multiple cloning site flanked by SP6 and T7 RNA polymerase promoters. Each of these clones was used to produce 32P-labeled double-stranded DNA probes to detect transcripts homologous to either strand of the VZV insert, and single-stranded [32P]RNA probes in order to detect RNAs of either polarity. These probes were hybridized to Northern blots of VZV-infected cell RNA. In all, 77 RNAs were detected with both DNA and RNA probes. The direction of transcription and localization of 57 of the 58 previously identified RNAs and of 20 newly recognised abundant transcripts were determined. Thirty-three additional low-abundance transcripts were detected only by the relatively more sensitive RNA probes. A map indicating the directionality and approximate locations of the abundant VZV transcripts was constructed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0168-1702
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
249-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Directionality and further mapping of varicella zoster virus transcripts.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Virology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article