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ArticleJournal of virological methods2009

Rapid and sensitive detection of 68 unique varicella zoster virus gene transcripts in five multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactions.

Maria A Nagel, Don Gilden, Ted Shade, Bifeng Gao, Randall J Cohrs

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Varicella-zoster.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2014
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  19. Review: The neurobiology of varicella zoster virus infection.Neuropathology and applied neurobiology · 2011
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria A NagelDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, 12700 East 19th Avenue, Mail Stop B182, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Don Gilden
Ted Shade
Bifeng Gao
Randall J Cohrs
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

Varicella Zoster Virus Latency in Human GangliaP01NS032623 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI MAHLAINGAM, RAVI · 1993 to 2008
$12.3M
NEUROBIOLOGY OF VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUSR01AG006127 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI GILDEN, DONALD · 1987 to 2014
$4.2M
NEUROVIROLOGY-MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32NS007321 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI GILDEN, DONALD · 1988 to 2014
$2.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG006127NINDS NIH HHS NS 32623NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS032623NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007321NINDS NIH HHS T32-NS07321
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) becomes latent in ganglionic neurons along the entire neuraxis. Although all predicted VZV open reading frames (ORFs) have been detected by macroarray and microarray analysis in virus-infected cells in culture where virus gene expression is abundant, array technology does not detect all VZV gene transcripts in latently infected human ganglia, where the abundance of ganglionic RNA is low and VZV gene transcription is highly variable. Using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and the GenomeLab Genetic Analysis System (GeXPS), transcripts mapping to all 68 predicted unique VZV ORFs were detected in VZV-infected MeWo cells. Oligonucleotide primers contained both VZV- and cell-specific sequences linked to universal DNA sequences such that PCR amplification products were of predetermined sizes. Amplification products were resolved by capillary gel electrophoresis and detected by fluorescence spectrophotometry. Serial dilutions of total RNA extracted from VZV-infected MeWo cells were analyzed in parallel by GeXPS multiplex RT-PCR and real-time RT-PCR. GeXPS technology detected as few as 20 copies of VZV gene-specific transcripts. Only five multiplex RT-PCR assays were needed to analyze the entire VZV transcriptome. This technology will allow rapid analysis of all VZV genes transcribed during latency in human ganglia.

Indexed as

Cell LineDNA PrimersElectrophoresis, CapillaryGene Expression ProfilingHerpesvirus 3, HumanHumansReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralSensitivity and SpecificitySpectrometry, FluorescenceDNA PrimersRNA, MessengerRNA, Viral

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PMID19109999
PMCPMC2829835
OpenAlexW2003849514

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