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. 1984 Sep;137(2):276-86.
doi: 10.1016/0042-6822(84)90219-8.

Polar encapsidation of adenovirus DNA: evolutionary variants reveal dispensable sequences near the left ends of Ad3 genomes

C C Robinson, C Tibbetts

Polar encapsidation of adenovirus DNA: evolutionary variants reveal dispensable sequences near the left ends of Ad3 genomes

C C Robinson et al. Virology. 1984 Sep.

Abstract

Repeated passage of adenovirus type 3 in HeLa cells has led to a novel stock of variant genomes, characterized by deletions and substitutions of DNA sequences within the left-end 750 base pairs. This heterogeneous stock retains few if any parental genomes--the majority of variants appear viable. Analysis of viable variants with deleted sequences reveals the 182 nucleotides proximal to the left-end inverted terminal repeat (136-318 bp) are not required for Ad3 infectivity in cultured human cell lines nor for maintenance of viral DNA encapsidation polarity.

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