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J. Virol., 05 1996, 2999-3010, Vol 70, No. 5
J Futterer, I Potrykus, Y Bao, L Li, TM Burns, R Hull and T Hohn
The expression of the rice tungro bacilliform virus open reading frame I
was studied in transiently transfected protoplasts. Expression occurs
despite the presence of a long leader sequence and the absence of a proper
ATG initiation codon. Translation is initiated at an ATT codon. The
efficiency of initiation in rice protoplasts depends strongly on the
mechanism by which ribosomes reach this codon. From the effects of
scanning-inhibiting structures inserted into different leader regions, it
can be deduced that this mechanism is related to the ribosome shunt
described for cauliflower mosaic virus 35S RNA. The process delivers
initiation-competent ribosomes to the region downstream of the leader and
is so precise that only the second of two potential start codons only 12
nucleotides apart is recognized. The ATT codon that is used when it is
present downstream of the leader is hardly recognized as a start codon by
ribosomes that reach it by scanning.
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Position-dependent ATT initiation during plant pararetrovirus rice tungro bacilliform virus translation
Institute for Plant Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.
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