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SUMMARY

Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen (EBNA) was purified from the Burkitt lymphoma line Raji and its EBV DNA-binding properties were characterized. EBNA binding protected fragments of about 30 bp of B95-8 cell-derived EBV DNA from an excess of DNase I. Human anti-EBNA antibodies prevented DNA binding. Purified extracts from EBNA-negative cells did not protect EBV DNA against DNase I digestion. Mapping of the EBV DNA fragments protected from endonuclease (RI, dIII, I) digestion revealed many binding sites. Similar results were obtained following mixing of crude cell extracts and dIII-digested fragments of EBV DNA and subsequent immunoprecipitation of the EBNA-DNA complex. In experiments involving the analysis of EBV DNA, fragments were protected from DNase I digestion by purified EBNA.

Keyword(s): DNA-binding protein , DNase I and EBNA
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