Yin P D, Hu W S
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506, USA.
J Virol. 1997 Aug;71(8):6237-42. doi: 10.1128/JVI.71.8.6237-6242.1997.
Sequence analysis suggests that ancient recombination events may have occurred between genetically distinct retroviruses. An experimental system was utilized to explore the genetic interaction between different viruses. Moloney murine sarcoma virus and spleen necrosis virus are type C retroviruses that belong to different subgenera. With vectors containing packaging signals from these two viruses, DNA proviruses containing genetic information from both RNAs can be generated. This is the first experimental evidence to indicate that RNA from different retroviruses can copackage and exchange genetic information.
序列分析表明,古代重组事件可能发生在基因不同的逆转录病毒之间。利用一个实验系统来探索不同病毒之间的基因相互作用。莫洛尼鼠肉瘤病毒和脾坏死病毒是属于不同亚属的C型逆转录病毒。使用含有这两种病毒包装信号的载体,可以产生包含来自两种RNA遗传信息的DNA原病毒。这是表明来自不同逆转录病毒的RNA可以共同包装并交换遗传信息的首个实验证据。