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ArticleJournal of virology1997

cis-Acting sequences in addition to donor and acceptor sites are required for template switching during synthesis of plus-strand DNA for duck hepatitis B virus.

M B Havert, D D Loeb

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Article in Journal of virology, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Molecular biology of the hepatitis B virus for clinicians.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology · 2012
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  9. Hepatitis B virus replication.World journal of gastroenterology · 2007
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  16. Base pairing among three cis-acting sequences contributes to template switching during hepadnavirus reverse transcription.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2003
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M B HavertMcArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53706, USA.
D D Loeb
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

STOREROOM AND MATERIALS ACQUISITION LABORATORYP30CA007175 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI DRINKWATER, NORMAN R. · 1985 to 2000
$2.4M
GENETICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DHBV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTIONR29GM050263 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI LOEB, DANIEL D · 1994 to 1998
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NCI NIH HHS CA07175NCI NIH HHS CA09135NIGMS NIH HHS GM50263
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A characteristic of all hepadnaviruses is the relaxed-circular conformation of the DNA genome within an infectious virion. Synthesis of the relaxed-circular genome by reverse transcription requires three template switches. These template switches, as for the template switches or strand transfers of other reverse-transcribing genetic elements, require repeated sequences (the donor and acceptor sites) between which a complementary strand of nucleic acid is transferred. The mechanism for each of the template switches in hepadnaviruses is poorly understood. To determine whether sequences other than the donor and acceptor sites are involved in the template switches of duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV), a series of molecular clones which express viral genomes bearing deletion mutations were analyzed. We found that three regions of the DHBV genome, which are distinct from the donor and acceptor sites, are required for the synthesis of relaxed-circular DNA. One region, located near the 3' end of the minus-strand template, is required for the template switch that circularizes the genome. The other two regions, located in the middle of the genome and near DR2, appear to be required for plus-strand primer translocation. We speculate that these cis-acting sequences may play a role in the organization of the minus-strand DNA template within the capsid particle so that it supports efficient template switching during plus-strand DNA synthesis.

Indexed as

Genome, ViralRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidTemplates, GeneticAnimalsBase SequenceChickensDNA, CircularDNA, Single-StrandedDNA, ViralHepatitis Virus, DuckMolecular Sequence DataSequence DeletionTumor Cells, CulturedDNA, CircularDNA, Single-StrandedDNA, Viral

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PMID9188603
PMCPMC191771
OpenAlexW2102760118

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