Abstract
We describe the characterization of 34 hybrid λ bacteriophages carrying EcoRI fragments obtained from DNA of defective interfering particles of the Patton strain of Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). All cloned fragments contained S region terminal repeat sequences (TRs) fused to unique HSV-1 DNA. Several fragments contained deletions and rearrangements not described previously for DNA of HSV-1 defective interfering particles. A model describing the generation of defective interfering DNA based on recombination events involving the terminal "a" sequence is presented.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 365-378 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Gene |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1981 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Genetics
Keywords
- "a" sequences
- S region DNA, restriction enzyme mapping
- defective DNA
- λgtWES hybrids