TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of interstrain variation on diagnostic DNA amplification of the cytomegalovirus major immediate-early gene region
AU - Chou, S.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - The immediate-early region exon 4 sequences of six clinical cytomegalovirus strains were determined and compared with those of laboratory strains AD169 and Towne. Of 407 codons in exon 4, 33 (8.1%) showed interstrain variation at the peptide level and 74 (18%) showed interstrain variation at the nucleotide level. Variation occurred sporadically throughout the exon, and no grouping of strains was apparent. Published oligonucleotide primers proposed for diagnostic detection of cytomegalovirus by polymerase chain reaction have often been based on exon 4 sequences. Some of these primers show sequence mismatches with strains sequenced here. Amplification sensitivity for mismatched strains was reduced up to 100-fold. More-uniform detection sensitivity was achieved with primers of conserved sequence.
AB - The immediate-early region exon 4 sequences of six clinical cytomegalovirus strains were determined and compared with those of laboratory strains AD169 and Towne. Of 407 codons in exon 4, 33 (8.1%) showed interstrain variation at the peptide level and 74 (18%) showed interstrain variation at the nucleotide level. Variation occurred sporadically throughout the exon, and no grouping of strains was apparent. Published oligonucleotide primers proposed for diagnostic detection of cytomegalovirus by polymerase chain reaction have often been based on exon 4 sequences. Some of these primers show sequence mismatches with strains sequenced here. Amplification sensitivity for mismatched strains was reduced up to 100-fold. More-uniform detection sensitivity was achieved with primers of conserved sequence.
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U2 - 10.1128/jcm.30.9.2307-2310.1992
DO - 10.1128/jcm.30.9.2307-2310.1992
M3 - Article
C2 - 1328286
AN - SCOPUS:0026737941
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 30
SP - 2307
EP - 2310
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 9
ER -