Melting temperature (T(m)) analysis of herpes simplex virus (HSV) hybridization probes was used to demonstrate a concentration-dependent decrease in T(m) values when heat stabile or heat labile UNG was added.
No homology was seen between this cDNA and the UDG of herpes simplex virus, Escherichia coli, and yeast; nor was there homology with the putative human mitochondrial UDG cDNA or with a second human nuclear UDG cDNA.
Serum from rabbits immunized against cells infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 or type 2 specifically neutralizes the dUTPase and uracil-DNA glycosylase activities extracted from herpes simplex virus-infected cells.