Abstract
An electron microscope examination of pseudorabies virus DNA single strands after self-annealing shows a loop of single-stranded DNA at one end of the molecule contiguous to a double-strand region. The molecule then terminates in a further single-stranded region that does not form a loop. It is suggested that the DNA contains a sequence of 13.3 x 106 daltons at one end, which is repeated internally with opposite polarity. The segment of the genome separating the repeats has a double-strand molecular weight of 5.4 x 106. The whole native DNA has a molecular weight of 90 x 106 to 95 x 106.
MeSH Terms
Base Sequence
Chromosomes/ultrastructure
DNA, Single-Stranded/analysis
DNA, Viral/analysis
Herpesviridae/analysis
Herpesvirus 1, Suid/analysis
Molecular Weight
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Chemicals
DNA, Single-Stranded
DNA, Viral
Authors & Affiliations
1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Stevely W S
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