Studies on the intracellular synthesis of reovirus-specified proteins.
Studies on the intracellular synthesis of reovirus-specified proteins.
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DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(70)90171-6
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发表时间:
1970-07
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
H. Zweerink;W. Joklik
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作者:
H. Zweerink;W. Joklik
All reovirus capsid polypeptides are formed in measurable amounts in mouse L fibroblasts. Five of them (λ1, λ2, μ1, σ2 and σ3) are formed more or less abundantly; one (σ1) is formed in very small amounts. Capsid polypeptide μ2, the major constituent of the virion, is not a primary gene product, but is derived from polypeptide μ1 by removal of 10% of its mass.The synthesis of all capsid polypeptides appears to start synchronously. During much of the infection cycle (from 3 to 9 hours) only minor, though significant, changes in their relative rates of synthesis occur.No evidence was obtained for the synthesis of any virus-specified noncapsid polypeptides.The extent to which the ten individual species of reovirus mRNA are transcribed within the cell was also measured. The pattern of transcription differs markedly from the uncontrolled pattern exhibited by coresin vitro. Some mRNA species are clearly translated frequently, others very infrequently. Both transcription and translation of reovirus message is thus controlled.The incorporation of capsid polypeptides formed at various times during the infection cycle into virions was determined. Core polypeptide molecules which are formed early in the cycle tend to be incorporated to a greater extent than such molecules which are formed later on, while the reverse is true for polypeptide molecules comprising the outer shell.The kinetics of synthesis of capsid polypeptides was studied as a function of the multiplicity of infection and the temperature of incubation and the effect of reovirus infection on host protein synthesis was determined; host protein synthesis does not decrease until late during the infection cycle.