title: Rice tungro bacilliform virus open reading frames II and III are translated from polycistronic pregenomic RNA by leaky scanning.
abstract: Posttranscriptional components of the gene expression mechanism of rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) were studied in transiently transfected protoplasts. RTBV translates several open reading frames from a polycistronic mRNA by leaky scanning. This mechanism is supported by the particular sequence features of the corresponding genome region and does not require a virus-encoded transactivator.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Plant Sciences, ETH Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland. johannes.fuetterer@ipw.biol.ethz.ch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fütterer
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Rothnie
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hohn
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Potrykus
mesh_terms: D019195:Badnavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D017343:Genes, Plant; D016679:Genome, Viral; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012275:Oryza / Q000821:virology*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase