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  • Title: The A312L 5'-UTR of Chlorella virus PBCV-1 is a translational enhancer in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Author: Nguyen PS, Falcone DL, Graves MV.
    Journal: Virus Res; 2009 Mar; 140(1-2):138-46. PubMed ID: 19118587.
    Abstract:
    PBCV-1 (Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus) is a large double stranded DNA virus that replicates in certain eukaryotic chlorella like green algae. The PBCV-1 A312L gene encodes a 33-kDa protein whose function currently is unknown. The 5'-UTR of the A312L mRNA is 153 nucleotides, longer than the 5'-UTR in any other PBCV-1 gene. The sequence 5'-AAAC was repeated 17 times within 156bp 5' to the A312L gene start codon and this sequence was repeated 13 times continuously in the 5'-UTR of the mRNA. Recombinant genes were constructed in vector pBI121 that contained the A312L 5'-UTR, in both the forward and inverse-complement orientations, fused to the GUS gene under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter. These constructs were introduced into Arabidopsis thaliana and the results indicated that the A312L 5'-UTR functions as a translational enhancer only in the forward orientation. Overall, the ratio of GUS enzyme activity to GUS mRNA was 15-fold higher in constructs derived from the A312L 5'-UTR in the forward orientation as compared to constructs containing the 5'-UTR in the inverse-complement orientation or those lacking the A312L 5'-UTR.
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