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| Author | Huang, L. Zhu, Y. Anders, D. G. |
| Abstract | The genetically defined human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) lytic-phase replicator, oriLyt, comprises more than 2 kb in a structurally complex region that spans a variety of potential transcription control signals. Several transcripts originate within or cross oriLyt, and we are studying these oriLyt transcription units to determine whether they participate in initiating or regulating lytic-phase DNA synthesis. Results presented here establish the temporal accumulation and structure of the smallest replicator transcript, which we call SRT, and identify a single-sequence element essential to replicator function. SRT was detected as early as 2 h after HCMV infection of human fibroblast cells; transcript levels increased by 24 h and continued to increase thereafter. Consistent with its early appearance, treatment of HCMV-infected cells with the viral DNA polymerase inhibitor phosphonoformic acid had no effect on SRT accumulation; however, no SRT was detected in RNA preparations from cycloheximide-treated infected cells. Additional Northern (RNA) analysis localized the 0.2- to 0.25-kb SRT to an apparently noncoding segment near the center of the oriLyt core region. Reverse transcriptase PCR (rapid amplification of cDNA 5' ends [5'-RACE]) identified a single 5' end. In transient-transfection assays, the sequence immediately upstream of SRT functioned as a promoter responsive to HCMV infection when placed upstream of a reporter gene, suggesting that SRT is the product of a discrete transcription unit. RNA ligase-mediated 3'-RACE showed that SRT is not polyadenylated and has heterogeneous 3' ends within a roughly 45-nucleotide window overlapping an oligopyrimidine sequence having counterparts in the lytic-phase replicators of several herpesviruses. Mutation of the oligopyrimidine element showed that it is essential to oriLyt replicator function; it is the only essential single-sequence HCMV oriLyt replicator element described to date. Collectively, the location of SRT near the center of the oriLyt core region, its early expression, its overlapping relationship with a sequence element essential to replicator function, and its similarities to replicator transcripts in other systems suggest the possibility that SRT plays a role in initiating or regulating HCMV lytic-phase DNA synthesis. |
| Starting Page | 5272 |
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| ISSN | 10985514 |
| e-ISSN | 10985514 |
| Journal | Journal of Virology |
| Issue Number | 8 |
| Volume Number | 70 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1996-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Virology Immunology Microbiology Insect Science |
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