“…Cells were inoculated with OV-IA82 (multiplicity of infection [MOI], 10) in the presence or absence of cytosine arabinoside (AraC; 40 g/ml) and harvested at 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, and 24 h postinoculation (p.i.). RNA samples were processed and reverse transcribed as previously described (11). The transcription of ORFV121, ORFV024 (early control gene), and ORFV059 (late control gene) was assessed by PCR using primers 121Fw (5Ј-TCCAGCTGCCCGCGACGACGCGC-3Ј), 121Rv (5Ј-GGAGGTTGGGTCTGCCGGCGCCGCA-3Ј), 024Fw (5Ј-GCGGA CACAGCCACAACCACAGTC-3Ј), 024Rv (5Ј-CTAGCACGCGCTTTCGGT ACCGCC-3Ј), 059Fw (5Ј-ATGGATCCACCCGAAATCAC-3Ј), and 059Rv (5Ј-TCACACGATGGCCGTGACCAGC-3Ј), respectively.…”