title: Molecular cloning and comparative sequence analyses of bluetongue virus S1 segments by selective synthesis of specific full-length DNA copies of dsRNA genes.
abstract: Using primers complementary to the conserved sequences of the 3' ends of bluetongue virus genomic dsRNA segments, full-length DNA clones of all 10 dsRNA genes from the five U.S. BTV serotypes were synthesized and amplified by a novel method (ClampR). This amounts to nearly 100,000 base pairs of dsRNA cloned as unique full-length DNA copies. This continuous one-tube procedure combined cloning of the denatured dsRNA with reverse transcriptase and the selective amplification of full-length DNA by the polymerase chain reaction. ClampR-derived clones of the genomic segment S1 of BTV-11 encoding the serogroup antigen, VP7, were sequenced and shown to be complete copy, containing a total of 1156 bp and a long open reading frame of 349 amino acids. Comparative sequence analyses of BTV-11 S1 with those of the other U.S. serotypes show that 95.2% of the nucleotides are conserved between BTV-11 and -10, while only 79.0% of the bases are identical between BTV-11 and -13. Comparison of the VP7 proteins demonstrates that 100% of the amino acids are conserved between BTV-11 and -10 and 93.7% of these residues are identical between VP7 of BTV-11 and -13. The adaptation of the polymerase chain reaction to the full-length cloning and amplification of dsRNA (ClampR) should greatly facilitate molecular studies within the Reoviridae family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan 84322-5500.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Kowalik
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics*; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000235:genetics*; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D004279:DNA, Viral; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus