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. 1986 Feb;57(2):684–687. doi: 10.1128/jvi.57.2.684-687.1986

Ribosomal initiation at alternate AUGs on the Sendai virus P/C mRNA.

J A Curran, C Richardson, D Kolakofsky
PMCID: PMC252785  PMID: 3003399

Abstract

Peptide sera specific for the C, C/C', and P proteins of Sendai virus have been used to confirm that the viral nonstructural proteins originate from internal AUG codons and are translated in a different reading frame from that of the P protein. The C protein undergoes aberrant migration on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and is expressed at higher levels in infected cells than are the P and C' proteins.

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