title: Structure and physical map of the genome of parma wallaby herpesvirus.
abstract: The DNA of parma wallaby herpesvirus (macropodid herpesvirus 1; MHV-1) was analysed by restriction mapping and Southern hybridizations, and clones of EcoRI and SalI fragments were prepared which represented approximately 85% of the genome. It has a length of about 135 kbp consisting of a long unique sequence joined to a short unique sequence bounded by inverted repeat sequences, and occurs as 2 isomers. These findings place MHV-1 in the herpesvirus structural classification Group D, along with equine herpesvirus 1 and pseudorabies virus, and differentiates it from the other known herpesvirus of Australian marsupials.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Whalley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D011558:Herpesvirus 1, Suid / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral