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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1994-2-24
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pubmed:databankReference | |
pubmed:abstractText |
Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) contains three genomic RNAs (RNAs 1, 2, and 3) and a subgenomic RNA (RNA 4), a shared feature of the Bromoviridae family which includes cucumoviruses, bromoviruses, alfalfa mosaic virus, and ilarviruses. We describe in this paper the molecular characterization of a novel subgenomic RNA of the Q strain of CMV (Q-CMV), RNA 4A, which was first reported in 1973 (K. W. C. Peden and R. H. Symons, Virology 53, 487-492, 1973). RNA 4A is 682 nucleotides and is identical in sequence to the 3'-terminal 682 nucleotides of RNA 2. RNA 4A encodes a small open reading frame (ORF) of 100 codons, which, in RNA 2, overlaps the C-terminal portion of the major 2a gene; thus it is likely that RNA 4A functions as the mRNA for the in vivo expression of the ORF, called ORF 2b. Polyclonal antibodies raised against a 2b fusion protein expressed in Escherichia coli specifically detected the 2b gene product in Q-CMV-infected cucumber plants by Western immunoblotting. Examination of published viral RNA sequences revealed the conservation of ORF 2b in all of the four other cucumoviruses sequenced to date; however, it is absent from the rest of the Bromoviridae. We suggest that the proposed ORF 2b may be expressed in other cucumoviruses, most likely via 4A-like subgenomic RNAs, and that the predicted gene product may have a unique functional role in the infection process of cucumoviruses.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Feb
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pubmed:issn |
0042-6822
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
198
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
593-601
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2010-11-18
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Amino Acid Sequence,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Base Sequence,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Biological Evolution,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Cloning, Molecular,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Cucumovirus,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Escherichia coli,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Genes, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Genome, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Molecular Sequence Data,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-RNA, Messenger,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-RNA, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Reading Frames,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Recombinant Fusion Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Vegetables,
pubmed-meshheading:8291242-Viral Proteins
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pubmed:year |
1994
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pubmed:articleTitle |
New overlapping gene encoded by the cucumber mosaic virus genome.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Plant Science, Waite Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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