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. 1988 Sep;62(9):3348–3355. doi: 10.1128/jvi.62.9.3348-3355.1988

Evidence that the matrix protein of influenza C virus is coded for by a spliced mRNA.

M Yamashita 1, M Krystal 1, P Palese 1
PMCID: PMC253457  PMID: 3404579

Abstract

In contrast to influenza A and B viruses, which encode their matrix (M) proteins via an unspliced mRNA, the influenza C virus M protein appears to be coded for by a spliced mRNA from RNA segment 6. Although an open reading frame in RNA segment 6 of influenza C/JJ/50 virus could potentially code for a protein of 374 amino acids, a splicing event results in an mRNA coding for a 242-amino-acid M protein. The message for this protein represents the major M gene-specific mRNA species in C virus-infected cells. Despite the difference in coding strategies, there are sequence homologies among the M proteins of influenza A, B, and C viruses which confirm the evolutionary relationship of the three influenza virus types.

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