DNA of human cytomegalovirus: size heterogeneity and defectiveness resulting from serial undiluted passage
DNA of human cytomegalovirus: size heterogeneity and defectiveness resulting from serial undiluted passage
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人巨细胞病毒 DNA:连续未稀释传代导致的大小异质性和缺陷
DOI:
10.1128/jvi.31.1.231-239.1979
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发表时间:
1979
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
D. Thomsen
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作者:
M. Stinski;E. Mocarski;D. Thomsen
The majority of DNA molecules associated with plaque-purified, low-multiplicity-passaged human cytomegalovirus (Towne strain) had a molecular weight of approximately 150 x 10(6) and a molecular complexity of approximately 140 x 10(6). Serial high-multiplicity passage resulted in the production of defective cytomegalovirions. An accumulation of smaller DNA molecules packaged into virions was directly correlated with a decrease in infectivity and an increase in the particle-to-PFU ratio. The majority of defective DNA molecules had a molecular weight of approximately 100 x 10(6). In addition, there were some viral DNA molecules of approximately 60 x 10(6). Restriction enzyme analysis of defective cytomegalovirus DNA detected unique DNA fragments, suggesting a specific alteration in the nucleotide sequence. Some reasons for the generation of defective cytomegalovirus DNA are discussed.