ALPHA-AMANITIN-RESISTANT VIRAL-RNA SYNTHESIS IN NUCLEI ISOLATED FROM NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS-INFECTED HELIOTHIS-ZEA LARVAE AND SPODOPTERA-FRUGIPERDA CELLS
ALPHA-AMANITIN-RESISTANT VIRAL-RNA SYNTHESIS IN NUCLEI ISOLATED FROM NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS-INFECTED HELIOTHIS-ZEA LARVAE AND SPODOPTERA-FRUGIPERDA CELLS
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DOI:
10.1128/jvi.38.3.916-921.1981
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
WEAVER, RF
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作者:
GRULA, MA;BULLER, PL;WEAVER, RF
[3H]RNA was synthesized in nuclei isolated at various times postinfection from the fat bodies of H. zea larvae infected with H. zea nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) and from cultured S. frugiperda cells infected with Autographa californica NPV. To detect virus-specific RNA synthesis, the [3H]RNA was hybridized to denatured viral DNA immobilized on nitrocellulose filters. NPV-specific RNA synthesis in the infected nuclei isolated from H. zea larval fat bodies and S. frugiperda cells was inhibited 20-25% by concentrations of .alpha.-amanitin sufficient to inhibit the host RNA polymerase II. A productive NPV infection was obtained in S. frugiperda cells grown in the presence of an .alpha.-amanitin concentration that inhibited 90% of the cellular RNA polymerase II activity. The cellular RNA polymerase II enzyme remained sensitive to .alpha.-amanitin during infection and there was no evidence that a virus-coded, .alpha.-amanitin-resistant enzyme was synthesized after the onset of infection. Evidently the bulk of NPV-specfic RNA synthesis in isolated nuclei is transcribed by an enzyme other than the host RNA polymerase II.