Complementarity between the 5'- and 3'-terminal sequences of rice stripe virus RNAs.
The 5' and 3' termini of four ssRNA species of rice stripe virus (RSV) isolate T were sequenced. The 3' termini of the three smallest ssRNAs, i.e. RNAs 2, 3 and 4, had the sequence 5' GACUUUGUGU 3'; that of ssRNA 1 had the sequence 5' GACUAUGUGU 3'. The 5'-terminal sequences of all four ssRNAs were 5' ACACAAAGUCC 3'. The 5'- and 3'-terminal sequences of about 20 bases of each ssRNA were almost complementary to each other. It is possible that RSV RNAs form panhandle structures characteristic of the RNA of negative-strand viruses.
Takahashi
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M
National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan.
Toriyama
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S
Kikuchi
Y
Y
Hayakawa
T
T
Ishihama
A
A
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D001345:Autoradiography; D001483:Base Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D012367:RNA, Viral; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate