title: Genome sequence of bovine herpesvirus 4, a bovine Rhadinovirus, and identification of an origin of DNA replication.
abstract: Bovine herpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) is a gammaherpesvirus of cattle. The complete long unique coding region (LUR) of BoHV-4 strain 66-p-347 was determined by a shotgun approach. Together with the previously published noncoding terminal repeats, the entire genome sequence of BoHV-4 is now available. The LUR consists of 108,873 bp with an overall G+C content of 41.4%. At least 79 open reading frames (ORFs) are present in this coding region, 17 of them unique to BoHV-4. In contrast to herpesvirus saimiri and human herpesvirus 8, BoHV-4 has a reduced set of ORFs homologous to cellular genes. Gene arrangement as well as phylogenetic analysis confirmed that BoHV-4 is a member of the genus Rhadinovirus. In addition, an origin of replication (ori) in the genome of BoHV-4 was identified by DpnI assays. A minimum of 1.69 kbp located between ORFs 69 and 71 was sufficient to act as a cis signal for replication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetic Analysis, Genome Sequencing Centre, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie, 07745 Jena, Robert Koch-Institut, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Broll
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ehlers
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Buhk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goltz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004261:DNA Replication; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry; D016679:Genome, Viral; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D018144:Rhadinovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral