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J. Virol., Feb 1997, 1703-1707, Vol 71, No. 2
E Rodahl and L Haarr
The major latency-associated transcript (LAT) expressed in PC12 cells
productively infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 is a 2-kb,
nonpolyadenylated RNA molecule that accumulates in the nuclei of infected
cells. In actinomycin D-treated cells, the 2-kb LAT gene transcript has a
half-life considerably greater than 12 h. After polyacrylamide gel
electrophoresis, two species of the transcript were observed, a major
species that was retarded in the gel and a minor species that migrated as a
1.96-kb RNA molecule. RNase H digestion after hybridization of the RNA with
an oligonucleotide complementary to positions -80 to -101 relative to the
3' end of the 2-kb LAT gene transcript changed the mobility of the retarded
species into that of the rapidly migrating species. Our data indicate that
the 2-kb LAT gene transcript expressed in productively infected PC12 cells
is present in a stable, nonlinear form.
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology
Analysis of the 2-kilobase latency-associated transcript expressed in PC12 cells productively infected with herpes simplex virus type 1: evidence for a stable, nonlinear structure
Centre for Research in Virology, University of Bergen, Norway.
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