Sequence heterogeneity of heron hepatitis B virus genomes determined by full-length DNA amplification and direct sequencing reveals novel and unique features

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1707-1718

  Netter, Hans Jürgen ^a   Chassot, Sylvie ^a   Chang, Shau Feng ^a   Cova, Lucyna ^b   Will, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MYRISTYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANAS SP.; ARDEIDAE; AVES; DNA VIRUSES; HEPADNAVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERON HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030814231     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-7-1707     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Arii, M., Takada, S. & Koike, K. (1992). Identification of three essential regions of hepatitis B virus X protein for trans-activation function. Oncogene 7, 397-403.
2. Calvert, J. & Summers, J. (1994). Two regions of an avian hepadnavirus RNA pregenome are required in cis for encapsidation. Journal of Virology 68, 2084-2090.
3. Chang, L.-J., Hirsch, R. C., Ganem, D. & Varmus, H. E. (1990). Effects of the insertional and point mutations on the functions of the duck hepatitis B virus polymerase. Journal of Virology 64, 5553-5558.
4. Chen, Y., Robinson, W. S. & Marion, P. L. (1992). Naturally occurring point mutation in the c terminus of the polymerase gene prevents duck hepatitis B virus RNA packaging. Journal of Virology 66, 1282-1287.
5. Chen, H.-S., Kaneko, S., Girones, R., Anderson, R. W., Hornbuckle, W. E., Tennant, B. C., Cote, P. J., Gerin, J. L., Purcell, R. H. & Miller, R. H. (1993). The woodchuck hepatitis virus X gene is important for establishment of virus infection in woodchucks. Journal of Virology 67, 1218-1226.
6. Crescenzo-Chaigne, B., Pillot, J., Lilienbaum, A., Levrero, M. & Elfassi, E. (1991). Identification of a strong enhancer element upstream from the pregenomic RNA start site of the duck hepatitis B virus genome. Journal of Virology 65, 3882-3886.
7. Crescenzo-Chaigne, B., Pillot, J. & Lilienbaum, A. (1995). Interplay between a new HNF3 and the HNF1 transcriptional factors in the duck hepatitis B virus enhancer. Virology 213, 231-240.
8. Devereux, J., Haeberli, P. & Smithies, O. (1984). A comprehensive set of sequence analysis programs for the VAX. Nucleic Acids Research 12, 387-395.
9. Feitelson, M. A. & Miller, R. H. (1988). X gene-related sequences in the core gene of duck and heron hepatitis B viruses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 85, 6162-6166.
10. Fernholz, D., Wildner, G. & Will, H. (1993). Minor envelope proteins of duck hepatitis B virus are initiated at internal pre-S AUG codons but are not essential for infectivity. Virology 197, 64-73.
11. Grgacic, E. V. L. & Anderson, D. A. (1994). The large surface protein of duck hepatitis B virus is phosphorylated in the pre-S domain. Journal of Virology 68, 7344-7350.
12. Gripon, P., Le Seyec, J., Rumin, S. & Guguen-Guillouzo, C. (1995). Myristylation of the hepatitis B virus large surface protein is essential for viral infectivity. Virology 213, 292-299.
13. Günther, S., Li, B.-C., Miska, S., Krüger, D. H., Meisel, H. & Will, H. (1995). A novel method for efficient amplification of whole hepatitis B virus genomes permits rapid functional analysis and reveals deletion mutants in immunosuppressed patients. Journal of Virology 69, 5437-5444.
14. Hirsch, R. C., Loeb, D. D., Pollack, J. R. & Ganem, D. (1991). Cis-acting sequences required for encapsidation of duck hepatitis B virus pregenomic RNA. Journal of Virology 65, 3309-3316.
15. Ishikawa, T. & Ganem, D. (1995). The pre-S domain of the large viral envelope protein determines host range in avian hepatitis B viruses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 92, 6259-6263.
16. Ishikawa, T., Kuroki, K., Lenhoff, R., Summers, J. & Ganem, D. (1994). Analysis of the binding of a host cell surface glycoprotein to the preS protein of duck hepatitis B virus. Virology 202, 1061-1064.
17. Kwee, L., Lucito, R., Aufiero, B. & Schneider, R. J. (1992). Alternate translation initiation on hepatitis B virus X mRNA produces multiple polypeptides that differentially transactivate class II and III promoters. Journal of Virology 66, 4382-4389.
18. Li, J.-S., Tong, S.-P. & Wands, J. R. (1996). Characterization of a 120-kilodalton pre-S-binding protein as a candidate duck hepatitis B virus receptor. Journal of Virology 70, 6029-6035.
19. Lilienbaum, A., Crescenzo-Chaigne, B., Sail, A. A., Pillot, J. & Elfassi, E. (1993). Binding of nuclear factors to functional domains of the duck hepatitis B virus enhancer. Journal of Virology 67, 6192-6200.
20. Liu, C., Condreay, L. D., Burch, J. B. & Mason, W. (1991). Characterization of the core promoter and enhancer of duck hepatitis B virus. Virology 184, 242-252.
21. Liu, C., Mason, W. S. & Burch, J. B. E. (1994). Identification of factor-binding sites in the duck hepatitis B virus enhancer and in vivo effects of enhancer mutations. Journal of Virology 68, 2286-2296.
22. Macrae, D. R., Bruss, V. & Ganem, D. (1991). Myristylation of a duck hepatitis B virus envelope protein is essential for infectivity but not for virus assembly. Virology 181, 359-363.
23. Marion, P. L., Cullen, J. M., Azcarraga, R. R., Van, D. M. & Robinson, W. S. (1987). Experimental transmission of duck hepatitis B virus to Pekin ducks and to domestic geese. Hepatolagy 7, 724-731.
24. Merrick, W. C. (1992). Mechanism and regulation of eukaryotic protein synthesis. Microbiological Reviews 56, 291-315.
25. Orito, E., Mizokami, M., Ina, Y., Moriyama, E. N., Kameshima, N., Yamamoto, M. & Gojobori, T. (1989). Host-independent evolution and a genetic classification of the hepadnavirus family based on nucleotide sequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 86, 7059-7062.
26. Pollack, J. R. & Ganem, D. (1993). An RNA stem-loop structure directs hepatitis B virus genomic RNA encapsidation. Journal of Virology 67, 3254-3263.
27. Pugh, J. & Simmons, S. H. (1994). Duck hepatitis B virus infection of Muscovy duck hepatocytes and nature of virus resistance in vivo. Journal of Virology 68, 2487-2494.
28. Schödel, F., Sprengel, R., Weimer, T., Fernholz, D., Schneider, R. & Will, H. (1989). Animal hepatitis B viruses. Advances in Viral Oncology 8, 73-102.
29. Schödel, F., Weimer, T., Fernholz, D., Schneider, R., Sprengel, R., Wildner, G. & Will, H. (1991). The biology of avian hepatitis B viruses. In Molecular Biology of the Hepatitis B Virus, pp. 53-80. Edited by A. McLachlan. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
30. Sprengel, R., Kaleta, E. F. & Will, H. (1988). Isolation and characterization of a hepatitis B virus endemic in herons. Journal of Virology 62, 3832-3839.
31. Sprengel, R., Schneider, R., Marion, P. L., Fernholz, D., Wildner, G. & Will, H. (1991). Comparative sequence analysis of defective and infectious avian hepadnaviruses. Nucleic Acids Research 19, 4289.
32. Takada, S., Kido, H., Fukutomi, A., Mori, T. & Koike, K. (1994). Interaction of hepatitis B virus X protein with a serine protease, tryptase TL2 as an inhibitor. Oncogene 9, 341-348.
33. Testut, P., Renard, C.-A., Terradillos, O., Vitvitski-Trepo, L., Tekaia, F., Degott, C., Blake, J., Boyer, B. & Buendia, M. A. (1996). A new hepadnavirus endemic in arctic ground squirrels in Alaska. Journal of Virology 70, 4210-4219.
34. Tong, S., Li, J. & Wands, J. R. (1995). Interaction between duck hepatitis B virus and a 170-kilodalton cellular protein is mediated through a neutralizing epitope of the pre-S region and occurs during viral infection. Journal of Virology 69, 7106-7112.
35. Weber, M., Bronsema, V., Bartos, H., Bosserhoff, A., Bartenschlager, R. & Schaller, H. (1994). Hepadnavirus P protein utilizes a tyrosine residue in the TP domain to prime reverse transcription. Journal of Virology 68, 2994-2999.
36. Yen, T. S. B. (1996). Hepadnaviral X protein: review of recent progress. Journal of Biomedical Science 3, 20-30.
37. Welsheimer, T. & Newbold, J. E. (1996). A functional hepatocyte nuclear factor 3 binding site is a critical component of the duck hepatitis B virus major surface antigen promoter. Journal of Virology 70, 8813-8820.
38. Wildner, G., Fernholz, D., Sprengel, R., Schneider, R. & Will, H. (1991). Characterization of infectious and defective cloned avian hepadnavirus genomes. Virology 185, 345-353.
39. Zoulim, F. & Seeger, C. (1994). Reverse transcription in hepatitis B viruses is primed by a tyrosine residue of the polymerase. Journal of Virology 68, 6-13.
40. Zoulim, F., Saputelli, J. & Seeger, C. (1994). Woodchuck hepatitis virus X protein is required for viral infection in vivo. Journal of Virology 68, 2026-2030.