Insights into gene regulation of the halovirus His2 infecting Haloarcula hispanica.

ABSTRACT: Gene expression in Haloarcula hispanica cells infected with the gammapleolipovirus His2 was studied using a custom DNA microarray. Total RNA from cells sampled at 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4.5 hr postinfection was reverse-transcribed into labeled cDNA and hybridized to microarrays, revealing temporal and differential expression in both host and viral genes. His2 gene expression occurred in three main phases (early, middle, and late), and by 4.5 hr p.i. the majority of genes were actively transcribed, including those encoding the major structural proteins. Eighty host genes were differentially regulated ≥twofold postinfection, with most of them predicted to be involved in transport, translation, and metabolism. Differentially expressed host genes could also be grouped into early-, middle-, and late-e

SUBMITTER: Lee STM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7221443 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature