Article
Splicing of Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S RNA serves to downregulate a toxic gene product.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Sept 2004
Froissart Rémy, Uzest Maryline, Ruiz-Ferrer Virginia, Drucker Martin, Hébrard Eugénie, Hohn Thomas, Blanc Stéphane
Abstract excerpt
Alternative splicing usually leads to an increase in the number of gene products that can be derived from a single transcript. Here, a different and novel use of alternative splicing--as a means to control the amount of a potentially toxic gene product in the plant pararetrovirus Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV)--is reported. About 70 % of the CaMV 35S RNA, which serves as a substrate for both reverse...
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