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J. Virol., 03 1997, 2487-2494, Vol 71, No. 3
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Utilization of nonhomologous minus-strand DNA transfer to generate recombinant retroviruses

PD Yin, VK Pathak, AE Rowan, RJ Teufel 2nd and WS Hu
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506, USA.

During reverse transcription, minus-strand DNA transfer connects the sequences located at the two ends of the viral RNA to generate a long terminal repeat. It is thought that the homology in the repeat (R) regions located at the two ends of the viral RNA sequences facilitate minus-strand DNA transfer. In this report, the effects of diminished R- region homology on DNA synthesis and virus titer were examined. A retrovirus vector, PY31, was constructed to contain the 5' and 3' cis- acting elements from Moloney murine sarcoma virus and spleen necrosis virus. These two viruses are genetically distinct, and the two R regions contain little homology. In one round of replication, the PY31 titer was approximately 3,000-fold lower than that of a control vector with highly homologous R regions. The molecular characteristics of the junctions of minus-strand DNA transfer were analyzed in both unintegrated DNA and integrated proviruses. Short stretches of homology were found at the transfer junctions and were likely to be used to facilitate minus-strand DNA transfer. Both minus-strand strong-stop DNA and weak-stop DNA were observed to mediate strand transfer. The ability of PY31 to complete reverse transcription indicates that minus-strand DNA transfer can be used to join sequences from two different viruses to form recombinant viruses. These results suggest the provocative possibility that genetically distinct viruses can interact through this mechanism.


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