Giantini M, Shatkin A J
Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-0759.
J Virol. 1989 Jun;63(6):2415-21. doi: 10.1128/JVI.63.6.2415-2421.1989.
The mammalian reovirus S4 gene has been implicated in the serotype-dependent inhibition of host cell protein synthesis during viral replication in mouse L cells. To examine the effect(s) of this gene on transcription or translation or both, a DNA copy of the serotype 3 S4 gene was inserted into a eucaryotic expression vector. Cotransfection of COS cells with plasmids containing S4 and the reporter gene, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT), resulted in a marked stimulation of CAT expression, predominantly at the level of translation. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to the double-stranded-RNA-binding activity of the S4 gene product, polypeptide sigma 3.
哺乳动物呼肠孤病毒S4基因与病毒在小鼠L细胞中复制期间宿主细胞蛋白质合成的血清型依赖性抑制有关。为了研究该基因对转录或翻译或两者的影响,将3型S4基因的DNA拷贝插入真核表达载体。将含有S4的质粒与报告基因氯霉素乙酰转移酶(CAT)共转染COS细胞,导致CAT表达显著增加,主要在翻译水平。结合S4基因产物σ3多肽的双链RNA结合活性讨论了这些发现的意义。