Adenovirus DNA-directed transcription of 5.5S RNA in vitro.

AUTOR(ES)

Wu, G J

RESUMO

A cell-free system developed from human KB cells was used to transcribe 5.5S RNA from deproteinized adenovirus DNA in vitro. The cell-free RNA synthesis is dependent upon exogenous templates, ribonucleoside triphosphates, and cell-free postmitochondrial supernatant of human KB cells. The synthesis of 5.5S RNA is inhibited only by high levels of alpha-amanitin; therefore it is carried out by RNA polymerase III. The rate of synthesis was linear for at least 2 hr, indicating reinitiation. The 5.5S RNA synthesized in vitro is similar to the corresponding in vivo RNA in size, sequence, and coding region on adenovirus type 2 DNA. In this report is demonstrated in vitro synthesis of a facsimile of an in vivo transcript directed by deproteinized DNA in a mammalian cell-free postmitochondrial supernatant system.

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