The Dimerization/packaging Sequence is Dispensable for Both the Formation of High-molecular-weight RNA Complexes Within Retroviral Particles and the Synthesis of Proviruses of Normal Structure

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Journal J Virol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Date 1995 Feb 1

PMID 7815486

Citations 10

Authors

T Tchenio

T Heidmann

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Abstract

Retroviral particles contain a dimer of two genomic RNA molecules, linked by noncovalent intermolecular bonds. Studies by electron microscopy of viral RNA extracted from virions as well as in vitro studies have implicated a sequence, designated the dimer linkage sequence (DLS), in the dimerization process. The DLS has been localized within a short region encompassing the psi packaging sequence, between nucleotides 212 and 563 for the Moloney murine leukemia retrovirus (MoMLV) RNA. In this report, we show that viral RNAs lacking both the DLS and psi packaging sequences--and even an RNA lacking the first 6,537 nucleotides of MoMLV--can assemble within retroviral particles as high-molecular-weight, slow-migrating, heat-sensitive complexes closely related to those observed for wild-type viral RNAs. Furthermore, we show that proviruses of normal structure are generated upon infection of test cells with retroviral particles which contain the DLS/psi-deleted viral RNAs. These observations demonstrate that the DLS and psi packaging sequences are not essential in cis to form a functional RNA complex for reverse transcription and integration.

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