Characterization of the transcripts of human cytomegalovirus UL144

Table 2 Transcripts of the HCMV UL144 gene demonstrated in this study.

Transcripts	The position of 5' end of the transcript	Isolates in which transcripts were identified	Amounts. of cDNA clones from the library	Strength of reaction in Northern blot	Position and forms of the TATA-box	Position and forms of the CAT-box
1,600 nt	11276	H,CH,XU	15	++++	11247-11250,TATA	11206-11210,CCAAT
1,300 nt	11528	H,CH,XU	4	++	11515-11519.TATTA	-
3,500 nt	9303	H	0	+	9288-9297.TTACTTTTAA	9274-9279. CCAAAT
1,700 nt	11091	H,CH,XU	1	-	11040-11044. TATTA	11001-11005. CACAT

Note: all of the transcripts share the same 3' end at nt 12844-12846. Nucleotide numbers are based on the UL/b' region sequence of isolate H (GenBank accession number GQ981646).

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