SPLICED STRUCTURES OF ADENOVIRUS-2 FIBER MESSAGE AND OTHER LATE MESSENGER-RNAS
SPLICED STRUCTURES OF ADENOVIRUS-2 FIBER MESSAGE AND OTHER LATE MESSENGER-RNAS
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(78)90019-3
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
BROKER, TR
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作者:
CHOW, LT;BROKER, TR
All late adenovirus 2 [Ad2] mRNA, except perhaps that for peptide IX, are composite molecules with sequences derived from at least 2-5 or more separate portions of the genome, as determined by EM analyses of polysomal RNA hybridized to single- or double-stranded DNA. It was previously reported that 8 different rightward-transcribed mRNA contain, at their 5'' ends, a common 3-part leader sequence derived from coordinates 16.6, 19.6 and 26.6, and a 9th mRNA consists of sequences from 4.6-6.1 linked directly to those from 9.7-11.0. Four additional RNA species also have the same tripartite leader joined to messages with 5'' ends located at coordinates at 29.1, 30.5, 33.9 and 42.8. The RNA transcirpt extending from 29.1-39.0 covers most or all of the viral associated (VA) RNA genes (29.0-30.1). The late RNA can be grouped into several families of transcripts in which 2 or 3 mRNA have the same 3'' end and 3'' proximal sequences, but differ substantially in length at the 5'' end and, therefore, the coordinate at which the leader sequences are attached to the main body of the message. The number of RNA species transcribed from the Ad2 chromosome between coordinates 29 and 50 exceeds the number of identified Ad2 proteins. Several pairs of messages differing in length by a few percent may thus encode the same protein or have a precursor-product relationship. A subpopulation of the polysomal mRNA for the fiber protein, the most distal gene (86.3-91.2) in the rightward transcription units, has a 4th leader component y (78.6-79.1) in addition to the common tripartite leader sequences. Less frequent fiber RNA species have 5th x (76.9-77.3) and/or 6th z (84.7-85.1) leader segments. Trancripts with x,y or z segments might be processing intermediates, and it is possible to arrange these species into an array suggestive of multiple pathways for the maturation of fiber mRNA. mRNA transcribed at late times from the L strand between coordinates 15.0 and 11.0 has a single component leader located 200 bases from the main body of the gene from coordinate 16.1-15.7. This leader originates from a site very close to the 1st leader component (16.5-16.6) of the R strand messages and suggests the presence of adjacent L and R strand promoters from which transcription diverges. Taken together, these results emphasize the diversity of splicing patterns and the variety of recombined sequences generated during the synthesis of late Ad2 mRNA.