EVIDENCE FOR SIMIAN VIRUS-40 LATE TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL - MIXED INFECTIONS OF WILD-TYPE SIMIAN VIRUS-40 AND A LATE LEADER DELETION MUTANT EXHIBIT TRANS EFFECTS ON LATE VIRAL-RNA SYNTHESIS
EVIDENCE FOR SIMIAN VIRUS-40 LATE TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL - MIXED INFECTIONS OF WILD-TYPE SIMIAN VIRUS-40 AND A LATE LEADER DELETION MUTANT EXHIBIT TRANS EFFECTS ON LATE VIRAL-RNA SYNTHESIS
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DOI:
10.1128/jvi.42.3.798-803.1982
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
ALWINE, JC
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作者:
ALWINE, JC
Mixed infections involving equal multiplicities of wild-type SV40 and viable deletion mutant dl861 resulted in decreased African green monkey kidney AGMK cell cytoplasmic levels of wild-type-derived late mRNA, and very low to undetectable levels of mutant-derived late mRNA, as compared with individual infections. The dl861 deletion removes 16-25 base pairs from the late leader region. This deletion was the direct cause of the mixed-infection effect; replacement of the deletion with wild-type sequences restored normal levels of late mRNA in mixed infections. Other viral functions, early gene expression and replication, were unaffected by the dl861 deletion. Further examination of the mixed-infection effect showed that the levels of unspliced nuclear precursors of late mRNA, derived from both the mutant and wild-type genomes, were decreased or undetectable, in accord with the cytoplasmic results. Thus, the effect appears to be occurring at the transcriptional level. A trans-acting effect on late transcription, which is detectable due to the presence of the dl861 mutant in the mixed infection, was demonstrated. A diffusible factor which exerts a control on SV40 late gene expression at the transcriptional level is indicated. A model for positive control of SV40 late gene expression is presented.