Resumen
A major polyadenylated viral RNA of approximately 0.8 × 106 daltons was isolated from murine hepatitis virus (A59)-infected cells by preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in formamide. This RNA was shown to encode the viral nucleocapsid protein by direct in vitro translation in a cell-free, reticulocyte-derived system. Single stranded 32P-labeled complementary DNA was prepared from this RNA and was demonstrated to be virus specific. Using this complementary DNA in a Northern blotting procedure, we were able to identify six major virus-specific intracellular RNA species with estimated molecular weights of 0.8, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 3, and 4 × 106 daltons. All of these RNA species were polyadenylated. Our results support the idea that coronavirus-infected cells contain multiple intracellular polyadenylated RNAs which share common sequences.
Idioma original | English |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 596-604 |
Número de páginas | 9 |
Publicación | Virology |
Volumen | 112 |
N.º | 2 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - jul. 30 1981 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:We are grateful to H. Shida for advice and assistance with the cell-free translation system. We also thank R. Hartwick for his help with the photography. This work was supportedb y grants from the Medical Research Council of Canada, Grant MA-5941 to R. Anderson and Grant MA-7321 to V. L. Morris.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Virology