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Conserved sequences of the adenovirus genome for detection of all human adenovirus types by hybridization.

Cadham Provincial Laboratory, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

ABSTRACT

The application of DNA hybridization directly to clinical specimens has the potential of improving the diagnosis of fastidious types of adenovirus. In this study, the genome of one adenovirus type from each human subgenus (A to F) was systematically evaluated by hybridization for homologous sequences to find the optimal common probe for detection of all human adenovirus types. The area of cross-hybridization, most closely defined with adenovirus type 2 (Ad2), mapped from map units 11.4 to 16.1 and 26.9 to 29.7 and, principally, to a central area of the genome between map units 47.5 and 65.2. The last area, enclosing the hexon gene, was highly conserved. Cloned probes generated from this area demonstrated the greatest homology to heterologous types by hybridization analysis. A HindIII-BglII clone containing the hexon gene of Ad2 within narrow confines reacted most evenly with all adenoviral types and detected the DNA of all other subgenera with a sensitivity 2 logs greater than that of a complete genomic Ad2 probe. The most homologous adenoviral gene sequences were observed in genes involved with DNA replication or intimately connected to the hexon in the early capsid formation. These results show that the hexon gene constitutes the best single region of the adenovirus genome for use as a genus-specific probe for the diagnosis of all human adenoviral subgenera by DNA hybridization.

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