title: Reovirus type 3 genome segment S4: nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding a major virion surface protein.
abstract: A full-length cDNA copy of reovirus double-stranded RNA genome segment S4 which codes for a major virion structural polypeptide, sigma 3, has been completely sequenced. The 1,196-nucleotide cDNA contains a single long open reading frame in the plus strand extending 1,095 nucleotides from the 5'-proximal A-T-G to a single stop codon. This corresponds to translation of 92% of the S4 gene. The inferred sigma 3 polypeptide is hydrophilic and consists of 365 amino acids, totalling 41,164 daltons.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D012089:Mammalian orthoreovirus 3 / Q000235:genetics*; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D012995:Solubility