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Overlapping signals for translational regulation and packaging of influenza A virus segment 2.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Sept 2011
Wise Helen M, Barbezange Cyril, Jagger Brett W, Dalton Rosa M, Gog Julia R, Curran Martin D, Taubenberger Jeffery K, Anderson Emma C, Digard Paul
Abstract excerpt
Influenza A virus segment 2 mRNA expresses three polypeptides: PB1, PB1-F2 and PB1-N40, from AUGs 1, 4 and 5 respectively. Two short open reading frames (sORFs) initiated by AUGs 2 and 3 are also present. To understand translational regulation in this system, we systematically mutated AUGs 1-4 and monitored polypeptide synthesis from plasmids and recombinant viruses. This identified sORF2 as a key regulatory...
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