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. 1982 Nov;44(2):603–609. doi: 10.1128/jvi.44.2.603-609.1982

Intracellular forms of simian virus 40 nucleoprotein complexes. IV. Micrococcal nuclease digestion.

M Coca-Prados, H Y Yu, M T Hsu
PMCID: PMC256304  PMID: 6292520

Abstract

The structures of DNAs present in various intracellular forms of simian virus 40 (SV40) nucleoprotein complexes were analyzed by micrococcal nuclease digestion. The results showed that the 70S SV40 chromatin was completely sensitive to nuclease digestion, whereas CsCl gradient-purified mature virion was completely resistant. Virion assembly intermediates with different degrees of virion maturation showed intermediate resistance, and three products were found: nucleosomal DNA fragments, representing the fraction of intermediates that were sensitive to nuclease; linear SV40 genome-sized DNA, representing the more mature intermediates that contained one or limited defects in the capsid shell; and supercoiled SV40, which was derived from mature virions. These digestion products, however, remained associated with capsid shells after nuclease digestion. These results were consistent with the model in which maturation of the SV40 virion is achieved through the organization of capsid proteins that accumulate around SV40 chromatin. Mild digestion of SV40 nucleoprotein complexes with micrococcal nuclease revealed the difference in nucleosome repeat length between SV40 chromatin and virion assembly intermediates. A novel DNA fragment of about 75 nucleotides was observed early in nuclease digestion.

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