A brown algal virus genome contains a ''RING'' zinc finger motif

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作者
Krueger, SK [1 ]
Ivey, RG [1 ]
Henry, EC [1 ]
Meints, RH [1 ]
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[1] OREGON STATE UNIV, DEPT BOT & PLANT PATHOL, CORVALLIS, OR 97331 USA
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10.1006/viro.1996.0251
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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The brown filamentous alga Feldmannia sp. contains a large icosahedral dsDNA virus, FsV, of which there are multiple variants. A 4.5-kb SstI-HindIII fragment (SH4.5) that is conserved among all genome variants was sequenced. Three open reading frames (ORF-1, -2, and -3, containing 555, 2022, and 411 bp, respectively) were shown to be transcriptionally active by ribonuclease protection assay. A ''RING'' zinc finger motif and a nucleotide binding site motif were identified in ORF-2. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.
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