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Journal of Virology, May 2005, p. 5863-5869, Vol. 79, No. 9
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.9.5863-5869.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characterization of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Thymidine Kinase Mutants Selected under a Single Round of High-Dose Brivudin

Graciela Andrei,* Jan Balzarini, Pierre Fiten, Erik De Clercq, Ghislain Opdenakker, and Robert Snoeck

Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Received 19 October 2004/ Accepted 2 December 2004

A broad variety of herpes simplex virus type 1 clones was selected under a single round of high-dose selection with brivudin. Mutations in the thymidine kinase (TK) genes consisted of 42% frameshift mutations within homopolymer repeats of G's and C's and single nucleotide substitutions (58%) that produced stop codons (Q261 and R281) or a new codon at the site of the substitution (A168T, R51W, G59W, G206R, R220H, Y239S, and T287 M). The A168T change, associated with an altered TK phenotype, proved to be the most commonly selected substitution. For the different mutants, a correlation between phenotype, genotype, and in vivo neurovirulence was observed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Phone: 32 16 33 73 72. Fax: 32 16 33 73 40. E-mail: graciela.andrei{at}rega.kuleuven.ac.be.

Journal of Virology, May 2005, p. 5863-5869, Vol. 79, No. 9
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.9.5863-5869.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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