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. 1979 Aug;31(2):494–505. doi: 10.1128/jvi.31.2.494-505.1979

Further characterization of the replicative complex of vesicular stomatitis virus.

C C Simonsen, V M Hill, D F Summers
PMCID: PMC353472  PMID: 225568

Abstract

Replicating vesicular stomatitis virus ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes were isolated in nonequilibrium Renografin density gradients. These nascent RNPs had the same buoyant density as virion nucleocapsids in both isopycnic Renografin and CsCl gradients. Both transcribing and replicating RNP complexes were shown to be stable in sucrose gradients, whereas only replicating RNP complexes were stable in Renografin gradients. Size analysis of the 5-min-pulse-labeled RNA species from the replicating RNPs using methylmercury gels revealed that the nascent strands were primarily less than full-length molecules. Longer times of radiolabeling demonstrated that the nascent RNA accumulated as 42S RNA, which was primarily of the same sense as the virion strand when it was radiolabeled at 5 h postinfection. The percentage of this radiolabeled RNA which was plus stranded was higher at 2.5 h postinfection, reflective of the shift in plus- to minus-stranded full-length 42S RNA synthesis which occurs in the cell. Addition of cycloheximide to the infected cells before the addition of the radiolabel prevented the formation of these RNP complexes. Both the change in the percentage of minus strands found in the RNP complexes at the different times postinfection and the sensitivity to cycloheximide indicate that the RNP complex which was isolated was indeed the replicative complex.

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