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Alterations in DNA sequence and RNA transcription of theBamHI-H fragment accompany attenuation of oncogenic Marek's disease herpesvirus

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The nucleotide sequences of theBamHI-H fragment of the HPRS16 strain of Marek's disease virus (MDV) and of its attenuated derivative HPRS16/att have been determined. The results show that in addition to the tandem expansion of a 132 bp sequence from two copies in HPRS16 virus to eight copies in HPRS16/att, nucleotide substitutions, deletions, and insertions were also noted. Several potential open reading frames (ORFs) were identified. One of these (ORF 13) encoded a deduced protein, mol wt 32 kD, which is likely to be the serotype-1 specific phosphoprotein expressed in tumours (1) and mapped to anEcoRI fragment withinBamHI-H (2). Our results suggest that this ORF is unlikely to be the B antigen (3). ORF 4, which had some similarity to CD4 and immunoglobulin M heavy chain, was encoded by a transcript that originated within the first copy of the 132 bp repeat. ORF 21, which mapped entirely within UL, encoded a deduced protein at least 322 amino acids long that had some similarity to varicella zoster virus (VZV) alpha trans-inducing protein. None of these ORFs was altered significantly by attenuation, except ORF 4 and another small ORF (ORF 3), 5′ of the 132 bp repeats, which would probably fail to be transcribed because of truncation of an RNA transcript.

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Ross, N., Binns, M.M., Sanderson, M. et al. Alterations in DNA sequence and RNA transcription of theBamHI-H fragment accompany attenuation of oncogenic Marek's disease herpesvirus. Virus Genes 7, 33–51 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702347

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