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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Klein, Patricia Gamble
• Klein, Robert R.
• Rodriguez-Cerezo, Emilio
• Hunt, Arthur G.
• Shaw, John G.

Titel

Mutational Analysis of the Tobacco Vein Mottling Virus Genome

Ist Teil von

• Virology (New York, N.Y.), 1994-11, Vol.204 (2), p.759-769

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

1994

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We have used a cDNA clone of the polyvirus, tobacco vein mottling virus, to construct 19 mutants bearing 12-nt insertions in the viral genome. These mutants display a variety of phenotypes in inoculated tobacco plants or protoplasts. All mutants with insertions in P3, Cl, 6K, Nla, or Nlb failed to produce detectable amounts of progeny viral RNA in protoplasts or plants which suggests that they all may be directly involved in replication. Mutants (one in P1 and one in HCpro) presumably affected in polyprotein processing also did not replicate in plants or protoplasts. Seven mutants, with insertions in the 5′ noncoding region, P1, HCpro, or CP regions of the genome, were able to infect protoplasts. Three of the 7 mutants (1 in the 5′ noncoding region and 2 in HCpro) were able to infect protoplasts but not plants. The remaining 4 mutants replicated in protoplasts and were able to cause systemic infection in plants. The mutation in the CP had no effect on virus accumulation or symptom development in inoculated plants, whereas the other 3 (1 in P1 and 2 in HCpro) induced cyclical patterns of symptom expression. These symptoms ranged from very mild to wild-type-like as new leaves emerged and, as the plants continued to grow, this pattern was repeated. These results support the assignment of roles in replication to five coding regions in the genome and demonstrate that sequence alterations in many parts of other regions of the viral genome may have pronounced effects on replication and the expression of disease symptoms.