Detection and sequence analysis of a spontaneous deletion mutant of soil-borne wheat mosaic virus RNA2 associated with increased symptom severity.
Repeated passage of soil-borne wheat mosaic virus (SBWMV; wild-type Oklahoma field isolate; designated Okl-0) by manual inoculation resulted in deletion of part of SBWMV RNA2. Deletion was apparent in the population of RNA2 molecules after only 11 weeks in primary inoculated wheat plants (called Okl-1) and after 5 passages (Okl-5; 20 weeks) no full-length RNA2 remained. The extent of deletion in the Oklahoma isolate was compared with that in the previously studied Lab 1 (Nebraska) isolate. RNA2 from Okl-1, Okl-7, and Lab 1 were analyzed by RT-PCR amplification using sets of primer pairs which spanned all portions of the intact molecule. Lab 1 and the new stable isolate, Okl-7, were found to be deleted for 1058 and 759 nt, respectively, within the region encoding the coat protein-readthrough domain. However, the Okl-7 deletion was in a different position from the Lab 1 deletion. This suggests that deletions of SBWMV RNA2 which occur during serial manual inoculation are not directed toward production of a conserved, truncated form of the 84-kDa extended coat protein, but might reflect an RNA sequence-dependent event.
Department of Virology, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009029:Mosaic Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009154:Mutation; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014908:Triticum
D017931:DNA Primers; D012367:RNA, Viral