A. Chalifour et al., TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL EXPRESSION KINETICS OF THE EARLY GENE ENCODING THE BICP27 PROTEIN OF BOVINE HERPESVIRUS TYPE-1, Virology, 224(1), 1996, pp. 326-329
The expression kinetics of an essential trans-regulatory protein, ICP2
7, from herpes simplex virus type 1 correspond to that of an immediate
-early gene whose expression increases rapidly upon infection and then
decreases as of 7 hr postinfection. In contrast, here we report that
the bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV-1) homolog BICP27, a 50-kDa protein
, is expressed as an early gene. Both the transcript and protein accum
ulated gradually reaching peak levels at approximately 12 hr postinfec
tion, after which point steady state levels were maintained up to 24 h
r. Thus the expression profiles of ICP27 and BICP27 are significantly
different, suggesting that they may possess different functions. (C) 1
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