The gene organisation of a small RNA-containing insect virus: comparison with that of mammalian picornaviruses.
The coding regions of an insect virus, cricket paralysis virus, have been mapped using pactamycin. The results suggest that the genome of this virus functions as a polycistronic mRNA, the structural proteins being encoded by the 5' end of the RNA in an order similar to those of mammalian picornaviruses. High-molecular-weight proteins of unknown function map at the 3' end of the genome.
D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005814:Genes, Viral / Q000187:drug effects; D007304:Insect Viruses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D008322:Mammals / Q000382:microbiology*; D010142:Pactamycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010849:Picornaviridae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics
D012367:RNA, Viral; D010142:Pactamycin