THE VP35 AND VP40 PROTEINS OF FILOVIRUSES - HOMOLOGY BETWEEN MARBURG AND EBOLA VIRUSES

被引:21
作者
BUKREYEV, AA
VOLCHKOV, VE
BLINOV, VM
NETESOV, SV
机构
[1] Institute of Molecular Biology, 633159 Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Region
关键词
MARBURG VIRUS; EBOLA VIRUS; FILOVIRIDAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(93)81107-B
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The fragments of genomic RNA sequences of Marburg (MBG) and Ebola (EBO) viruses are reported. These fragments were found to encode the VP35 and VP40 proteins. The canonic sequences were revealed before and after each open reading frame. It is suggested that these sequences are mRNA extremities and at the same time the regulatory elements for mRNA transcription. Homology between the MBG and EBO proteins was discovered.
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