Functional expression of a cloned herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA polymerase gene.
AUTOR(ES)
Dorsky, D
RESUMO
A vector which expresses the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) (strain 17) DNA polymerase gene was constructed by ligating two separately cloned HSV DNA restriction fragments into an intermediate plasmid and then mobilizing the intact polymerase gene-encoding sequence into a pSV2 derivative. The expression vector (pD7) contains a functional simian virus 40 replication origin and early enhancer-promoter upstream from the HSV DNA polymerase-encoding sequence. COS-1 cells transfected with pD7 contained an RNA species, shown by Northern blot analysis to hybridize specifically with an HSV DNA pol probe and to be the same size (4.3 kilobases) as the pol mRNA found in HSV-1-infected COS-1 cells. A genetic complementation test was used to establish that pD7 expresses a functional pol gene product. COS-1 cells transfected with pD7 were able to partially complement the growth defect of an HSV-1 (KOS) temperature-sensitive mutant, tsC7, in the DNA polymerase gene at the nonpermissive temperature.
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