Phage call August 30th 2012
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CALL POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK
1/ NUCLEOID QUESTIONS:
Questions from Becky to Brenley:
- Is the viral nucleoid the region WITHIN the viral particle, or the region within the host cell????
- Presumably the nucleoid can contain either RNA or DNA? (the current definition is DNA-specific)
- NB: to create a viral-specific term, will need to redefine and rehouse the current 'nucleoid' term, out from under 'intracellular non-membrane bound organelle'.
2/ VIRAL GENOME PACKAGING
Current structure: viral DNA genome packaging ; GO:0019073 --[isa]viral DNA genome packaging via site-specific sequence recognition ; GO:0098035 ----[isa]viral DNA genome packaging, 3' extended cos packaging ; GO:0098036 ----[isa]viral DNA genome packaging, 5' extended cos packaging ; GO:0098037 --[isa]viral DNA genome packaging, headful ; GO:0098006
Brenley is struggling to describe (CLEARLY) the ways dsDNA genomes are packaged because others have terminal proteins that are bound to ends of replicated genome (NOT produced as a concatamer like site-specific dudes) Linear vs Rotary motors???
Brenley: Can you suggest new terms that you're thinking of adding here?
3/ TRANSPOSITION, DNA-MEDIATED replicative, non-replicative ok according to email exchange with Ariane T. need term for class III -- BM
Brenley: Can you suggest new terms that you're thinking of adding here?