title: Identification of the coding region for a second Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen (EBNA 2) by transfection of cloned DNA fragments.
abstract: Cell lines were established by co-transfection of cloned M-ABA Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA fragments with plasmids conferring resistance to dominant selective markers. A baby hamster kidney cell line carrying the HindIII-I1 fragment exhibits a nuclear antigen of 82 000 daltons, serologically defined as EBV-determined nuclear antigen (EBNA) 1. Furthermore, a Rat-1 cell line transfected with DNA of the clone pM 780-28 containing three large internal repeats (BglII-U) and the adjacent BglII-C fragment expresses a nuclear antigen of 82 000 daltons which can be visualized only by a subset of anti EBNA-positive human sera. Sera recognizing the 82 000-dalton protein of the transfected cell line reacted with a protein of the same size in the non-producer line Raji, designated as EBNA 2. Conversely, sera without reactivity to the 82 000-dalton protein failed to react with EBNA 2 of Raji cells. P3HR-1 and Daudi cells with large deletions in BglII-U and -C are devoid of EBNA 2. The data presented provide evidence that a second EBNA protein is encoded by the region of the EBV genome which is deleted in the non-transforming P3HR-1 strain.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mueller-Lantzsch
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Lenoir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sauter
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takaki
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Béchet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuklik-Roos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wunderlich
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Bornkamm
mesh_terms: D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D005796:Genes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D014162:Transfection; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; C037662:EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes