Isolation and characterization of a virus-specific ribonucleoprotein complex from reticuloendotheliosis virus-transformed chicken bone marrow cells.

AUTOR(ES)

Wong, T C

RESUMO

Chicken bone marrow cells transformed by reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) produce in the cytoplasm a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex which has a sedimentation value of approximately 80 to 100S and a density of 1.23 g/cm3. This RNP complex is not derived from the mature virion. An endogenous RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity is associated with the RNP complex. The enzyme activity was completely neutralized by anti-REV DNA polymerase antibody but not by anti-avian myeloblastosis virus DNA polymerase antibody. The DNA product from the endogenous RNA-directed DNA polymerase reaction of the RNP complex hybridized to REV RNA but not to avian leukosis virus RNA. The RNA extracted from the RNP hybridized only to REV-specific complementary DNA synthesized from an endogenous DNA polymerase reaction of purified REV. The size of the RNA in the RNP is 30 to 35S, which represents the subunit size of the genomic RNA. No 60S mature genomic RNA was found within the RNP complex. The significance of finding the endogenous DNA polymerase activity in the viral RNP in infected cells and the maturation process of 60S virion RNA of REV are discussed.

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