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A subgenomic mRNA transcript of the coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus strain A59 defective interfering (DI) RNA is packaged when it contains the DI packaging signal.

Journal of virology ·Vol. 71 ·No. 7 ·1997-07-00 ·Pages 5684-7

Bos EC, Dobbe JC, Luytjes W, Spaan WJ

Abstract

In infected cells, only the genomic RNA of the coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus strain A59 (MHV-A59) is packaged into the virions. In this study, we show that a subgenomic (sg) defective interfering (DI) RNA can be packaged into virions when it contains the DI RNA packaging signal (DI RNA-Ps). However, the sg DI RNA is packaged less efficiently than the DI genomic RNA. Thus, while specificity of packaging of RNAs into MHV-A59 virions is determined by the DI RNA-Ps, efficiency of packaging is determined by additional factors.

MeSH Terms
Animals Defective Viruses/genetics,physiology L Cells Mice Murine hepatitis virus/genetics,physiology RNA, Messenger RNA, Viral Virus Assembly
Chemicals
RNA, Messenger RNA, Viral
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Bos E C
Department of Virology, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Dobbe J C
Luytjes W
Spaan W J
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of virology
Abbr.
J Virol
ISSN
0022-538X
Published
1997-07-00
Pages
5684-7
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0113724
PMCID
PMC191817
Subset
IM
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