title: Identification and sequence analysis of the Marek's disease virus serotype 2 gene homologous to the herpes simplex virus type 1 UL52 protein.
abstract: The gene of Marek's disease virus serotype 2 (MDV2) homologous to the UL52 gene of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) was identified and characterized. The MDV2 UL52 homologous gene encodes 1,071 amino acids with a molecular weight of 118.7 kDa, which includes putative metal-binding site and overlapping region with the UL53 homologous gene. Although a putative polyadenylation signal sequence was found in the downstream of the MDV2 UL52 gene, a MDV2 UL52 DNA probe reacted only with the polycistronic 6.3 kb transcript, representing the UL52 and the downstream genes of UL53 and UL54. Transcriptional pattern of this region of MDV2 was somewhat different from corresponding regions of HSV-1 and infectious laryngotracheitis virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izumiya
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikami
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics*; D019915:DNA Primase; D016679:Genome, Viral; D015698:Genomic Library; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000235:genetics; D008381:Herpesvirus 2, Gallid / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012703:Serotyping; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins; D019915:DNA Primase; C062021:helicase-primase, Human herpesvirus 1; D004265:DNA Helicases