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ArticleJournal of virology2008

Temporal association of the herpes simplex virus genome with histone proteins during a lytic infection.

Jaewook Oh, Nigel W Fraser

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Article in Journal of virology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers.

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108citing papers in PubMed
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108 citing papers in PubMed, 139 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jaewook OhDepartment of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3610 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Nigel W Fraser
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Virology / Animal CoreP50NS033768 · NINDS · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI , · 1997 to 2007
$7.0M
VIRAL GENETICS OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS LATENCYP01NS033768 · NINDS · WISTAR INSTITUTE · 1995 to 2011
$4.9M
NINDS NIH HHS NS33768NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS033768NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS033768
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous work has determined that there are nucleosomes on the herpes simplex virus (HSV) genome during a lytic infection but that they are not arranged in an equally spaced array like in cellular DNA. However, like in cellular DNA, the promoter regions of several viral genes have been shown to be associated with nucleosomes containing modified histone proteins that are generally found associated with actively transcribed genes. Furthermore, it has been found that the association of modified histones with the HSV genome can be detected at the earliest times postinfection (1 h postinfection) and increases up to 3 h postinfection. However from 3 h to 6 h postinfection (the late phase of the replication cycle), the association decreases. In this study we have examined histone association with promoter regions of all kinetic classes of genes. This was done over the time course of an infection in Sy5y cells using sucrose gradient sedimentation, bromodeoxyuridine labeling, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, Western blot analysis, trypsin and DNase digestion, and quantitative real-time PCR. Because no histones were detected inside HSV type 1 capsids, the viral genome probably starts to associate with histones after being transported from infecting virions into the host nucleus. Promoter regions of all gene classes (immediate early, early, and late) bind with histone proteins at the start of viral gene expression. However, after viral DNA replication initiates, histones appear not to associate with newly synthesized viral genomes.

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AnimalsBlotting, WesternBromodeoxyuridineCell LineCentrifugation, Density GradientChlorocebus aethiopsChromatin ImmunoprecipitationDeoxyribonucleasesDNA, ViralHistonesHumansPolymerase Chain ReactionSimplexvirusTrypsinBromodeoxyuridineDeoxyribonucleasesDNA, ViralHistonesTrypsin

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PMID18160436
PMCPMC2268451
OpenAlexW2135715178

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