title: Complex transcription of the Epstein-Barr virus BamHI fragment H rightward open reading frame 1 (BHRF1) in latently and lytically infected B lymphocytes.
abstract: Several cDNA clones containing the Epstein-Barr virus BamHI fragment H rightward open reading frame 1 (BHRF1) have been recovered from the tightly latent lymphoblastoid cell line IB4. These clones contain the 5' leader exons encoded in the major internal repeat 1 and the viral BamHI fragment Y, identified in the rightwardly transcribed viral mRNAs associated with the latent viral life cycle. In addition, a cDNA clone containing BHRF1 from the Burkitt lymphoma cell line Jijoye was also recovered and exhibits a distinctive splicing pattern. In vitro transcription and translation of BHRF1, followed by immunoprecipitation with Epstein-Barr virus-positive human sera, indicates that this viral antigen is expressed during infection. RNA blot analyses with a wide panel of lymphoblastoid and Burkitt lymphoma cell lines revealed a complex pattern of transcription. Hybridization data obtained with several probes is presented.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Flemington
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Yandava
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Strominger
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Speck
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005814:Genes, Viral; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014764:Viral Proteins; D004247:DNA