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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 270, Issue 2, Pages 657-662Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2481
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TT virus; replication; bone marrow cells; peripheral blood mononuclear cells; polymerase chain reaction
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TT virus (TTV) is a human virus consisting of a single-stranded, circular DNA genome of 3.8 kilobases (bb). To examine whether TTV replicates in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and bone marrow cells (BMCs), DNA was extracted from the PBMCs and/or BMCs of six TTV-infected individuals and separated by agarose gel electrophoresis. The TTV DNAs from the PBMCs migrated to the 2.0- to 2.5-kb region. The TTV DNAs from the BMCs migrated to the 2.0- to 2.5-kb and 3.3- to 6.1-kb regions. The faster-migrating TTV DNAs were sensitive to S1 nuclease, while the slower-migrating TTV DNAs were resistant and their position on the agarose gel shifted to the position of the full genomic size upon digestion with restriction enzyme PstI. Full-length inverted polymerase chain reaction on the slower-migrating, double-stranded TTV DNAs from the BMCs amplified a 3.8-kb product. Replicative intermediate forms of TTV DNA are present in BMCs but not in PBMCs. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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