title: Replication of bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1) DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae following infection with BPV-1 virions.
abstract: Saccharomyces cerevisiae protoplasts exposed to bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1) virions demonstrated uptake of virions on electron microscopy. S. cerevisiae cells looked larger after exposure to BPV-1 virions, and cell wall regeneration was delayed. Southern blot hybridization of Hirt DNA from cells exposed to BPV-1 virions demonstrated BPV-1 DNA, which could be detected over 80 days of culture and at least 13 rounds of division. Two-dimensional gel analysis of Hirt DNA showed replicative intermediates, confirming that the BPV-1 genome was replicating within S. cerevisiae. Nicked circle, linear, and supercoiled BPV-1 DNA species were observed in Hirt DNA preparations from S. cerevisiae cells infected for over 50 days, and restriction digestion showed fragments hybridizing to BPV-1 in accord with the predicted restriction map for circular BPV-1 episomes. These data suggest that BPV-1 can infect S. cerevisiae and that BPV-1 episomes can replicate in the infected S. cerevisiae cells.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research, The University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia.
authors.forename: Kong-Nan
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ian H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Frazer
mesh_terms: D015139:Blotting, Southern; D052688:Bovine papillomavirus 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004261:DNA Replication; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010957:Plasmids; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000821:virology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral