Samenvatting
The exceptional genomic content and genome organi-zation of the Acidianus filamentous virus 1 (AFV1) thatinfects the hyperthermophilic archaeon Acidianushospitalis suggest that this virus might exploit anunusual mechanism of genome replication. An analy-sis of replicative intermediates of the viral genome bytwo-dimensional (2D) agarose gel electrophoresisrevealed that viral genome replication starts by theformation of a D-loop and proceeds via strand dis-placement replication. Characterization of replicativeintermediates using dark-field electron microscopy, incombination with the 2D agarose gel electrophoresisdata, suggests that recombination plays a key role inthe termination of AFV1 genome replication throughthe formation of terminal loops. A terminal protein wasfound to be attached to the ends of the viral genome
Originele taal-2 | English |
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Pagina's (van-tot) | 1313-1325 |
Aantal pagina's | 13 |
Tijdschrift | Molecular Microbiology |
Volume | 92 |
Nummer van het tijdschrift | 6 |
DOI's | |
Status | Published - jun.-2014 |
Extern gepubliceerd | Ja |