Electron microscopic demonstration of the presence of amplified sequences at the 5'-ends of the polyoma virus late mRNAs.

AUTOR(ES)

Zuckermann, M

RESUMO

Electron microscopic techniques were used to examine the structure of the leader sequences at the 5'-ends of the late polyoma virus mRNAs. The three late mRNA's were partially purified and hybridized to an E. coli plasmid containing two polyoma virus genomes inserted in tandem. The hybrids were spread by the cytochrome c-formamide technique and visualized in the electron microscope. These studies revealed that whereas the body of a given mRNA molecule can hybridize with only one of the two corresponding body sequences in the two adjacent viral genomes, the leader of the same mRNA molecule can hybridize with both copies of the leader sequence-specific DNA. The mVP1 and mVP3 RNA species thus generated hybrids containing two loops, while mVP2 molecules formed hybrids containing one loop. Hence, the leaders of the three polyoma virus late mRNA species must contain two or more repeats of a sequence transcribed from a unique DNA segment. Length measurements showed that most leaders in the late mRNA's consist of at least 200 nucleotides and some contain up to 500 nucleotides, whereas the basic repeat sequence contains about 60 nucleotides.

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