title: Characterization of herpes simplex virus 2 temperature-sensitive mutants whose lesions map in or near the coding sequences for the major DNA-binding protein.
abstract: By marker rescue with cloned herpes simplex virus 2 DNA fragments, we have mapped the temperature-sensitive mutations of a series of herpes simplex virus 2 mutants to a region of the herpes simplex virus 2 genome that lies within or near the coding sequences for the major DNA-binding protein, ICP8. In cells infected with certain of these mutants at the nonpermissive temperature, the association of the major DNA-binding protein with the cell nucleus was defective. In these cells, the DNA-binding protein accumulated in the cytoplasmic and the crude nuclear detergent wash fractions. At the permissive temperature, the maturation of the mutant ICP8 was similar to that of the wild-type viral protein. With the remainder of the mutants, the nuclear maturation of ICP8 was similar to that encoded by the wild-type virus at the nonpermissive and permissive temperatures as assayed by cell fractionation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D005819:Genetic Markers; D009154:Mutation; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000235:genetics*; D013696:Temperature; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014764:Viral Proteins; D004265:DNA Helicases