REPLICATION STRATEGY OF KUNJIN VIRUS - EVIDENCE FOR RECYCLING ROLE OF REPLICATIVE FORM RNA AS TEMPLATE IN SEMICONSERVATIVE AND ASYMMETRIC REPLICATION
REPLICATION STRATEGY OF KUNJIN VIRUS - EVIDENCE FOR RECYCLING ROLE OF REPLICATIVE FORM RNA AS TEMPLATE IN SEMICONSERVATIVE AND ASYMMETRIC REPLICATION
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DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(85)90446-5
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
WESTAWAY, EG
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作者:
CHU, PWG;WESTAWAY, EG
Only 3 forms of Kunjin virus-specified RNA were isolated from [African green monkey kidney Vero] cytoplasm early after the latent period (about 15 h) viz., 44 S genomic-sized single-stranded RNA, 20 S double-stranded replicative form (RF) and 20-28 S partially RNase-resistant (.apprx. 70%) replicative intermediate (RI). The RF and RI were resolved by electrophoresis in aqueous-agarose gel only following LiCl fractionation. The RI did not enter urea-polyacrylamide gels. After denaturation of untreated or RNase-treated RI and RF, only 44 S RNA was present in electropherograms. RNA polymerase activity at 8 h postinfection was detected by in vitro assays of cytoplasmic extracts and reached a maximum at 24 h, the only major labeled product being RF; a trace amount of free 44 S RNA was also produced. These results, and the kinetics of incorporation of [3H]uridine into RI, RF and 44 S RNA in pulse and pulse-chase experiments, formed the basis of a model in which flavivirus RF functions as a recycling template for semiconservative and (mainly) asymmetric replication, on which only 1 nascent strand is synthesized per cycle.