Biochemical and physiological studies of the yeast virus-like particle.
AUTOR(ES)
Oliver, S G
RESUMO
A study was made of the virus-like particle (VLP) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae S7. This strain contains elevated amounts of P1 double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) but no P2 dsRNA. The amount of dsRNA contained in cells grown on a fermentable carbon source (glucose) was compared with that in cells grown on a nonfermentable carbon source (ethanol). It was found that ethanol-grown cells contain higher levels of dsRNA than glucose-grown cells. In the former, the amount of dsRNA increased during the logarithmic phase of growth, whereas in the latter it increased during the transition from the logarithmic to the stationary phase. A method was devised to isolate VLPs from these cells by using CsCl gradients, and the yield was assessed by monitoring the recovery of dsRNA. Three proteins were found to be tightly associated with these particles. They have molecular weights of 75,000, 53,000, and 37,000. Together they account for almost all of the coding capacity of the P1 dsRNA that the VLP contains.
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http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=235354Documentos Relacionados
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