FURTHER-STUDIES OF 31 TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MUTANTS OF MOUSE CYTOMEGALOVIRUS - THERMAL-STABILITY, REPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE FUNCTIONS BY TEMPERATURE SHIFT

被引:5
作者
AKEL, HMO [1 ]
FURARAH, AM [1 ]
SWEET, C [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BIRMINGHAM, SCH BIOL SCI, MICROBIAL MOLEC GENET & CELL BIOL RES GRP, BIRMINGHAM B15 2TT, ENGLAND
关键词
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MURINE; TS MUTANTS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06591.x
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A study of 31 temperature-sensitive mutants of mouse cytomegalovirus has indicated that two mutants (tsm1, tsm31) may be defective in immediate-early/early functions, two (tsm2, tsm3) may be defective in early functions and six (tsm9, tsml8, tsm22, tsm23, tsm28, tsm30) may be defective in early/late functions while the remainder are late function-defective mutants as determined by temperature-shift experiments. Three mutants (tsm1, tsm2, tsm3) were more thermostable than wild-type virus while three (tsm16, tsm26, tsm28) were more thermolabile; the remainder were similar in their thermostability to wild-type virus.
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页码:311 / 316
页数:6
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