title: Sequence and organization of barley yellow dwarf virus genomic RNA.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the genomic RNA of barley yellow dwarf virus, PAV serotype was determined, except for the 5'-terminal base, and its genome organization deduced. The 5,677 nucleotide genome contains five large open reading frames (ORFs). The genes for the coat protein (1) and the putative viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase were identified. The latter shows a striking degree of similarity to that of carnation mottle virus (CarMV). By comparison with corona- and retrovirus RNAs, it is proposed that a translational frameshift is involved in expression of the polymerase. An ORF encoding an Mr 49,797 protein (50K ORF) may be translated by in-frame readthrough of the coat protein stop codon. The coat protein, an overlapping 17K ORF, and a 3'6.7K ORF are likely to be expressed via subgenomic mRNAs.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Waterhouse
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Gerlach
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D004247:DNA