title: Expression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gag gene using genetically engineered herpes simplex virus type 1 recombinants.
abstract: Infectious herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) recombinants were constructed by inserting the cDNA sequence of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gag gene (from nucleotide position 675 [SacI] to 3859 [Asp718] of the cDNA sequences of HIV-1 strain BH-10) within the DNA sequences of the BamHI DNA fragment B of the genome of an apathogenic HSV-1 strain HFEM. This HSV-1 strain possesses a 4.1-kbp deletion within the BamHI DNA fragment B between 0.762 and 0.789 map units of the viral genome, which allows the insertion of at least 4 kbp of foreign genetic material into this particular region. The DNA sequences of the immediate early promoter (IE4) of HSV-1 that were inserted upstream from the gag gene were used as a promoter. The screening of 205 virus stocks derived from individual plaques revealed that 46 recombinant viruses harbor HIV-1 gag-specific DNA sequences. However, it was found that only six of the recombinant viruses are able to express the gag gene product of HIV-1. This indicates that the ratio of the positive recombination events is about 2.9%.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Virologie der Universität Heidelberg, FRG.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rösen-Wolff
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Raab
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zöller
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Darai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eberle
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deinhardt
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000235:genetics; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D015750:Genes, gag; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004279:DNA, Viral