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. 1982 Mar;41(3):1044-54.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.41.3.1044-1054.1982.

Intracellular DNA of the parvovirus minute virus of mice is organized in a minichromosome structure

E Ben-Asher, S Bratosin, Y Aloni

Intracellular DNA of the parvovirus minute virus of mice is organized in a minichromosome structure

E Ben-Asher et al. J Virol. 1982 Mar.

Abstract

Minute virus of mice (MVM) nucleoprotein complexes were leached from infected cell nuclei in the presence of a hypotonic buffer. Detailed biochemical analyses performed on the extracted complexes revealed nucleoprotein complexes sedimenting together with virions at 110S and defective particles sedimenting at 50S. In contrast to the virions, the nucleoprotein complexes were found to be sensitive to treatment with DNase, Sarkosyl, and heparin. They were found to be composed of replicative forms of MVM DNA and cellular histones. After extensive micrococcal nuclease digestion performed on purified nucleoprotein complexes, a viral nucleosomes core containing a DNA segment of about 140 base pairs in length was identified. These complexes when visualized by electron microscopy revealed the existence of beaded structures (minichromosomes) having 26 and 52 beads per monomer and dimer molecules, respectively. We suggest that the organization of the intracellular viral DNA in a minichromosome structure is an essential step in the virus growth cycle.

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