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J Virol. 1983 November; 48(2): 396-404

Insertion mutants of herpes simplex virus have a duplication of the glycoprotein D gene and express two different forms of glycoprotein D.

ABSTRACT

We produced insertion mutants of herpes simplex virus (HSV) that contain two functional copies of genes encoding different forms of glycoprotein D (gD). These viruses have the gene for HSV type 2 (HSV-2) gD at the normal locus and the gene for HSV-1 gD inserted into the thymidine kinase locus. Results of immunoprecipitation experiments done with monoclonal antibodies revealed that both gD genes were expressed by these viruses, regardless of orientation of the inserted HSV-1 gD gene, and that maximal synthesis of both glycoproteins depended on viral DNA replication. This apparently normal expression of the inserted HSV-1 gD gene was from a DNA fragment (SacI fragment, 0.906 to 0.924 map units) containing nucleotide sequences extending from approximately 400 base pairs upstream of the 5' end of the gD mRNA to about 200 base pairs upstream of the 3' end. The glycoproteins expressed from both genes were incorporated into the surfaces of infected cells. Electrophoretic analyses of purified virions and neutralization studies suggest that both glycoproteins were also incorporated into virions. This nonpreferential utilization of both gene products makes these viruses ideal strains for the generation and characterization of a variety of mutations.

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