CDNA-DERIVED HYPOVIRUS RNA IN TRANSFORMED CHESTNUT BLIGHT FUNGUS IS SPLICED AND TRIMMED OF VECTOR NUCLEOTIDES

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作者
CHEN, BS [1 ]
CRAVEN, MG [1 ]
CHOI, GH [1 ]
NUSS, DL [1 ]
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[1] ROCHE INST MOLEC BIOL,ROCHE RES CTR,NUTLEY,NJ 07110
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10.1006/viro.1994.1360
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Unencapsidated double-stranded viral RNAs belonging to the genus Hypovirus attenuate virulence of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. A full-length cDNA clone of hypovirus CHV1-713 double-stranded RNA was recently shown to be infectious when introduced into the C. parasitica genome by DNA-mediated transformation. In this study, we show that the viral RNA derived from the chromosomally integrated cDNA copy is trimmed of extraneous vector nucleotide sequences. The cDNA-derived viral RNA was also found to contain a 73-bp deletion located within the 5'-noncoding leader sequence as a result of a pre-mRNA splicing event. Implications of these results are discussed in terms of hypovirus RNA replication and anticipated field studies involving engineered hypovirulent C. parasitica strains. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc,
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