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J Virol. 1975 May; 15(5): 1222-1230
Copyright © 1975 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Properties of Visna Virus Particles Harvested at Short Time Intervals: RNA Content, Infectivity, and Ultrastructure

¹ Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, Secteur Nord, 13326 Marseille Cedex 3, France

ABSTRACT

The major RNA component of Visna virus harvested at short intervals of time (5 min) is not the 60 to 70S RNA but a molecule of higher electrophoretic mobility. This RNA has been isolated and characterized. Its sedimentation coefficient is identical to that of 30 to 40S RNA subunits obtained by heat denaturation of the 60 to 70S RNA. In 1.8% acrylamide gels without agarose the electrophoretic mobility of 30 to 40S RNA subunits present in rapidly harvested virus is slightly lower than that of the subunits obtained by denaturation of the 60 to 70S RNA; after heat denaturation the mobilities are identical. These free RNA subunits present in early virus particles assemble into a 60 to 70S RNA complex as shown by following the RNA content of early virus incubated at 37 C for various lengths of time. The rate of this maturation process is slow. There is no difference between the infectivity of immature and mature virus particles. Both particles have a dense core when examined in sections of virus pellets.

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