2002年12月
Mutations affecting transcriptional termination in the P gene end of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis viruses
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
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- 巻
- 76
- 号
- 24
- 開始ページ
- 13062
- 終了ページ
- 13068
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1128/JVI.76.24.13062-13068.2002
- 出版者・発行元
- AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Numerous mutations are found in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) viruses, and the M gene is the gene most commonly affected. In some SSPE viruses, such as the MF, Osaka-1, Osaka-2, and Yamagata-1 strains, translation of the M protein is complicated by a transcriptional defect that leads to an almost exclusive synthesis of dicistronic P-M mRNA. To understand the molecular mechanisms of this defect, we sequenced the P gene at the P-M gene junction for several virus strains and probed the involvement of several mutations in the readthrough region via their expression in measles virus minigenomes containing different sequences of the P-M gene junction and flanking reporter genes. The deletion of a single U residue in the U tract of the Osaka-1 strain (3'-UAAUAUUUUU-5') compared with the consensus sequence resulted in a marked reduction of the expression of the downstream reporter gene. In addition, the expression of the downstream gene was markedly decreased by (i) the substitution of a C residue in the U tract of the P gene end of the OSA-2/Fr/B strain of the Osaka-2 virus (3'-UGAUAUUCUU-5' compared with the sequence 3'-UGAUAUUUUU-5' from a sibling virus of the same strain, OSA-2/Fr/V), and (ii) the substitution of a G in the sequence of the P gene end of the Yamagata-1 strain at a variable site immediately upstream from the six-U tract (3'-UGAUGUUUUUU-5' instead of 3'-UGAUUUUUUUU-5'). Mutations at the P gene end can account for the readthrough transcription variation at the P-M gene junction, which directly affects M protein expression.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1128/JVI.76.24.13062-13068.2002
- ISSN : 0022-538X
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000179344800067