Polyadenylation and reverse transcription of influenza viral RNA
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 6 (4), 1221-1239
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/6.4.1221
Abstract
The polyadenylation of Fowl Plague Viral RNA and of Influenza A/Victoria Viral RNA using E. coli poly (A) polymerase and the subsequent reverse transcription of the polyadenylated species is reported. We have shown that all 8 genome fragments are adenylated and that an average of 25--30 adenylic acid residues per molecule is sufficient for maximal transcription with reverse transcriptase. The cDNA product is 95% sensitive to Sl-nuclease and hybridisation analysis against viral RNA reveals it to be a faithful copy of the RNA. Amongst the transcription products are long, discrete copies of genes 1--8, the lengths of which are comparable with those of the vRNA determined by electrophoresis on formamide acrylamide gels. These single-stranded cDNAs have been further transcribed to form double-stranded products with hair-pin structures at one end. Analysis of this material on native acrylamide gels revealed some DNA bands corresponding to the predicted sizes for genes 4--8.Keywords
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