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在简单疹病毒中封闭的DNA的液晶,菌体样包装
F P Booy1, W W Newcomb, B L Trus
1Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Cell
|March 8, 1991
概括
疹简单病毒1型 (HSV-1) DNA在其囊体内形成一个密集的球. 这种组织类似于细菌病毒中的DNA包装,表明共享的组装途径.
科学领域:
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 疹简单病毒1型 (HSV-1) 是一个重要的人类病原体.
- 了解病毒囊体结构和DNA包装对于开发抗病毒策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了阐明HSV-1囊体内DNA的组织.
- 为了比较HSV-1中的DNA包装与细菌菌体的DNA包装.
主要方法:
- 低温电子显微镜的使用方法
- 图像重建 图像重建
- 净化A-囊 (空) 和C-囊 (完全包装) 的比较
主要成果:
- HSV-1 C-capsids 呈现出细条纹和点纹阵列 (大约为1~1个) 的特征. 2.6纳米间距). 这是一个很好的例子.
- 包装的DNA在T=16的二元体体外内形成一个均密集的球.
- 体结构在A-体和C-体中是相同的;没有发现T=4内的证据.
- 封闭的HSV-1DNA结构类似于T4和lambda菌的DNA结构.
结论:
- HSV-1的DNA包装是一个均密集的球,没有内部T=4外组织.
- 这些发现支持疹病毒和细菌病毒之间的组装途径并行.
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