The structure of replicating adenovirus DNA molecules: characterization of DNA-protein complexes from infected cells.
The structure of replicating adenovirus DNA molecules: characterization of DNA-protein complexes from infected cells.
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复制腺病毒 DNA 分子的结构:受感染细胞 DNA-蛋白质复合物的表征。
DOI:
10.1101/sqb.1979.043.01.080
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发表时间:
1979
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R. L. Lechner
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作者:
T. J. Kelly;R. L. Lechner
The genomes of the adenoviruses are nonpermuted, linear, duplex DNA molecules with molecular weights of 20-29 x 106 (for review, see Levine et al. 1976). Mature adenovirus (Ad) genomes isolated from purified virus particles have been shown to contain two novel structural features. First, the nucleotide sequence at one terminus of each strand of the Ad duplex is complementary to the sequence at the other terminus. The existence of this inverted terminal repetition was first inferred from the observation that unit-length Ad single strands cyclize when placed under hybridization conditions (Wolfson and Dressler 1972; Garon et al. 1972) and has been confirmed more recently for human adenovirus types 2 (Ad2) and 5 (Ad5) by direct sequence analysis (Steenbergh et al. 1977; JR Arrand and RJ Roberts, pers. comm.). Second, the 5'termini of Ad strands are tightly bound to a protein (Robinson et al. 1973; Robinson and Bellet 1975; Sharp et al. 1976; Carusi 1977; Padmanabhan and Padmanabhan 1977; Rekosh et al. 1977). In the cases of Ad2 and Ad5, the terminal protein has an apparent molecular weight of 55,000 (55k) and appears to be linked to the DNA by covalent bonds (Rekosh et al. 1977). In aqueous solution, the termini of Ad genomes associate via their terminal protein moities to form circles and oligomers which can be visualized in the electron microscope (Robinson et al. 1973; Robinson and Bellett 1975; Sharp et al. 1976; Rekosh et al. 1977). The functional roles of the terminal protein and the inverted terminal repetition in the Ad life cycle are not understood at present.We have recently carried out by electron microscopy (EM) a study of the structure of replicating Ad2 DNA molecules isolated from infected KB cells 20 hours after infection (Lechner and Kelly 1977). The isolation procedure included a step in which the replicating molecules were deproteinized by treatment with SDS and Pronase, followed by phenol extraction. Two basic types of replicating molecules were observed: Ad2-1ength linear duplex DNA molecules with one or more single-strand branches (type I) and Ad2-length linear DNA molecules with a single-strand region extending a variable distance from one end (type II). A small fraction of the molecules had the