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. 1998 May 15;26(10):2426–2432. doi: 10.1093/nar/26.10.2426

Analysis of sequences and predicted structures required for viral satellite RNA accumulation by in vivo genetic selection.

C D Carpenter 1, A E Simon 1
PMCID: PMC147565  PMID: 9580696

Abstract

In vivo genetic selection was used to study the sequences and structures required for accumulation of subviral sat-RNA C associated with turnip crinkle virus (TCV). This technique is advantageous over site-specific mutagenesis by allowing side-by-side selection from numerous sequence possibilities as well as sequence evolution. A 22 base hairpin and 6 base single-stranded tail located at the 3'-terminus of sat-RNA C were previously identified as the promoter for minus strand synthesis. Approximately 50% of plants co-inoculated with TCV and sat-RNA C containing randomized sequence in place of the 22 base hairpin accumulated sat-RNA in uninoculated leaves. The 22 base region differed in sat-RNA accumulating in all infected plants, but nearly all were predicted to fold into a hairpin structure that maintained the 6 base tail as a single-stranded sequence. Two additional rounds of sat-RNA amplification led to four sequence family 'winners', with three families containing multiple variants, indicating that evolution of these sequences was occurring in plants. Three of the four sequence family winners had the same 3 bp at the base of the stem as wild-type sat-RNA C. Two of the winners shared 15 of 22 identical bases, including the entire stem region and extending two bases into the loop. These results demonstrate the utility of the in vivo selection approach by showing that both sequence and structure contribute to a more active 3'-end region for accumulation of sat-RNA C.

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