title: Expression of five proteins from the Sendai virus P/C mRNA in infected cells.
abstract: The polycistronic P/C mRNA of Sendai virus is translated under cell-free conditions into five proteins (P, C', C, Y1, and Y2) from overlapping reading frames. In this study, we showed that in addition to the P, C', and C proteins, Y1 and Y2 were expressed by six different Sendai virus strains in infected cells. The Y proteins exhibited strain-specific variation in their gel mobility which corresponds to the variation seen in the cognate C proteins. While the relative levels of the P, C', and C proteins were consistent among various cell lines, the levels of Y1 and Y2 proteins varied among the cell lines used for viral infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3864.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D010222:Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins