ANALYSIS OF GENOMIC AND INTRACELLULAR VIRAL RNAS OF SMALL PLAQUE MUTANTS OF MOUSE HEPATITIS-VIRUS, JHM STRAIN
ANALYSIS OF GENOMIC AND INTRACELLULAR VIRAL RNAS OF SMALL PLAQUE MUTANTS OF MOUSE HEPATITIS-VIRUS, JHM STRAIN
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DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(84)90335-0
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
FUJIWARA, K
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作者:
MAKINO, S;TAGUCHI, F;FUJIWARA, K
The genomic RNA and intracellular RNA of mouse hepatitis virus strain JHM (MHV-JHM) and 2 plaque mutants (1a and 2c), which were isolated from a persistently infected culture (JHM-CC), were analyzed by T1-resistant oligonucleotide fingerprinting. The genomic RNA of the virus population (JHM-CC virus) released from different passage levels of the same persistent infection was also analyzed. The analysis shows the locations within the genomic and intracellular RNA of > 45 T1-resistant oligonucleotides and confirm earlier studies showing that the 6 subgenomic RNA of MHV-JHM form a 3'' coterminal nested set which extends for different lengths in a 5'' direction. The analysis also identifies in each subgenomic RNA those large T1 oligonucleotides derived from noncontiguous regions of the genome during mRNA synthesis. Two important conclusions can be reached from analysis of the mutant viruses. First, the virus population released from the persistent infection represents a fairly constant mixture of viruses, and the fluctuating emergence of variants as predominant species in the culture does not occur. Second, for particular intracellular RNA of mutant viruses, the sequence rearrangements occurring during subgenomic mRNA synthesis are different from those in the corresponding intracellular RNA of wild-type virus. The result may indicate a potential flexibility in the leader/body fusion process that has not been previously recognized.