Nucleic Acids Research, 1983, Vol. 11, No. 9 2881-2891
© 1983
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
Complete nucleotide sequence of alfalfa mosaic virus RNA3
Agrigenetics Advanced Research Laboratory 5649 East Buckeye Road, Madison, WI 53716, USA
Received February 14, 1983. Revised March 31, 1983. Accepted March 31, 1983.
A full-length cDNA clone of alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) RNA3 was prepared and sequenced. The 2,037 base sequence contains two open reading frames of 903 and 666 nucleotldes that code for a 32,400 dalton protein (32.4K protein) and the 24,380 dalton coat protein, respectively. A 5'-noncodlng sequence of 240 bases preceedlng the 32.4K protein contains homologous regions that may have a function in its translation. The interclstronic junction is 49 bases long, the last 36 bases representing the 5'-end of the subgenomic RNA4. The remaining 179 bases comprise the 3'-termlnal noncoding sequence.