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J Virol. 1983 April; 46(1): 125-130
Copyright © 1983, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Sequence Determination of the (+) Leader RNA Regions of the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Chandipura, Cocal, and Piry Serotype Genomes

Colomba Giorgi, Benjamin Blumberg and Daniel Kolakofsky

¹ Department of Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

ABSTRACT

Using 3'-end-labeled genome probes, cells infected with vesicular stomatitis virus Chandipura, Cocal, and Piry serotypes were shown to contain (+) leader RNAs of approximately 50 nucleotides in length. The nucleotide sequence of the leader RNA regions of these genomes was determined and compared with the previously reported sequences of both the (+) and (-) leader RNA regions of other vesicular stomatitis virus serotypes. Regions of strong conservation of nucleotide sequence among the various vesicular stomatitis virus serotypes suggest those nucleotides thought to be involved in control functions during vesicular stomatitis virus replication.

On leave from Laboratorio di Virologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

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