Ratti G, Buck K W
Nucleic Acids Res. 1978 Oct;5(10):3843-54. doi: 10.1093/nar/5.10.3843.
During transcription in vitro catalysed by the virion RNA polymerase of Aspergillus foetidus virus AfV-S in the presence of tritiated UTP, the virus double-stranded RNA becomes labelled in one strand, which has the same sequence as the single-stranded RNA transcripts produced. Most of the label incorporated into double-stranded RNA could be chased into single stranded RNA by further reaction with excess unlabelled nucleoside triphosphates. In reactions containing tritiated UTP the single-stranded RNA transcripts released after the first round of transcription were unlabelled. It is concluded that transcription in virions of AfV-S occurs by displacement of one of the strands of double-stranded RNA by the RNA strand being newly synthesised i.e. the reaction is semi-conservative with respect to double-stranded RNA.
在存在氚标记的三磷酸尿苷的情况下,由臭曲霉病毒AfV-S的病毒粒子RNA聚合酶催化进行体外转录时,病毒双链RNA的一条链被标记,该链与产生的单链RNA转录本具有相同序列。通过与过量未标记的核苷三磷酸进一步反应,掺入双链RNA中的大部分标记物可被追踪到单链RNA中。在含有氚标记的三磷酸尿苷的反应中,第一轮转录后释放的单链RNA转录本未被标记。得出的结论是,AfV-S病毒粒子中的转录是通过新合成的RNA链取代双链RNA的一条链来进行的,即就双链RNA而言,该反应是半保留的。