Transcription profiling by array of human LB31 cells infected with a series of EBNA3-knockout Epstein-Barr Viruses
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ABSTRACT: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is able to drive the transformation of B-cells, resulting in the generation of lymphocyte cell lines (LCLs) in vitro. EBV nuclear proteins EBNA3A and EBNA3C are necessary for efficient transformation, while EBNA3B is dispensable. We describe a transcriptome analysis of BL31 cells infected with a series of EBNA3-knockout EBVs, including one deleted for all three EBNA3 genes. BL31 cells were infected with a variety of EBV mutants and their revertants, generated in the EBV-BAC system developed by Henri-Jacques Delecluse and Wolfgang Hammerschmidt. These are mutants of the EBV EBNA3 genes - specifically individual knockouts of EBNA3A, EBNA3B and EBNA3C (in this case the first exon of EBNA3C was retained) and a deletion of the total EBNA3 locus (ie all three EBNA3 genes missing).
RNA from cultures of cell lines carrying these mutant EBVs (3-4 independent cell lines for each mutant; 2-3 for each revertant, plus three each for uninfected BL31 and parental B95-8 BAC-infected lines) was isolated using RNeasy midi kits (qiagen) and then ribominus-treated and then labelled and hybridised to Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0ST arrays. Array analysis was performed using the MMBGX algorithm developed by Ernest Turro and Alex Lewin.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Rob White
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2767 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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