Replication of plant RNA virus genomes in a cell-free extract of evacuolated plant protoplasts
Replication of plant RNA virus genomes in a cell-free extract of evacuolated plant protoplasts
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0307131101
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发表时间:
2004-02-17
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Ishikawa, M
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作者:
Komoda, K;Naito, S;Ishikawa, M
The replication of eukaryotic positive-strand RNA virus genomes occurs through a complex process involving multiple viral and host proteins and intracellular membranes. Here we report a cell-free system that reproduces this process in vitro. This system uses a membrane-containing extract of uninfected plant protoplasts from which the vacuoles had been removed by Percoll gradient centrifugation. We demonstrate that the system supported translation, negative-strand RNA synthesis, genomic RNA replication, and subgenomic RNA transcription of tomato mosaic virus and two other plant positive-strand RNA viruses. The RNA synthesis, which depended on translation of the genomic RNA, produced virus-related RNA species similar to those that are generated in vivo. This system will aid in the elucidation of the mechanisms of genome replication in these viruses.