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. 1976 Aug;19(2):325–330. doi: 10.1128/jvi.19.2.325-330.1976

Encephalomyocarditis virus RNA: variations in polyadenylic acid content and biological activity.

D E Hruby, W K Roberts
PMCID: PMC354869  PMID: 183008

Abstract

Encephalomyocarditis (EMC) viral RNA was isolated from purified virus grown in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. The viral RNA was found to contain polyadenylic acid [poly(A)] regions that were very heterogeneous in length. Chromatography of the EMC viral RNA on oligo(dT)-cellulose columns separated the RNA into three distinct fractions (peaks 1 to 3). Approximately 20% of the EMC viral RNA appeared as peak 1, 40% as peak 2, and 40% as peak 3. The RNA in each fraction appeared to be intact as shown by co-sedimentation with 35S unfractionated EMC viral RNA in SDS-sucrose density gradients. Approximately 95 to 100% of peaks 1 and 3, and 60 to 70% of peak 2, reappeared at the same elution position after rechromatography on oligo(dT)-cellulose. The RNA in peak 1 contained poly(A) with an average length of 16 nucleotides, peak 2 contained poly(A) with an average of 26 nucleotides, and peak 3 contained an average of 74 nucleotides in its poly(A) region. The distribution in the three fractions, as well as the average length of the poly(A) moieties, was relatively unaffected by changes in the cell suspension medium used during infection. Finally, each of the three viral RNA fractions was assayed for biological activity using an infectious RNA assay on L-cell monolayers. Infectivity of the viral RNA was found to increase with poly(A) length, with peak 3 viral RNA being approximately 10 times more infectious than peak 1 viral RNA.

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