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Efficient Site-Specific Nonribozyme Opening of Hepatitis Delta Virus Genomic RNA in Infected Livers
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Efficient Site-Specific Nonribozyme Opening of Hepatitis Delta Virus Genomic RNA in Infected Livers

Jinhong Chang, Gloria Moraleda, Severin Gudima and John Taylor
Journal of virology, v 74(21), pp 9889-9894
01 Nov 2000
PMID: 11024115
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https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.74.21.9889-9894.2000View
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Examination of the 1,679-nucleotide (nt) unit-length hepatitis delta virus (HDV) RNAs in the livers of two HDV-infected woodchucks showed that 96% of the antigenomic RNA but only 50% of the genomic RNA was circular. We subsequently found that at least half of the linear unit-length genomic RNA was open at a unique location. Using a modified form of RNA ligation-mediated amplification of cDNA ends, we showed that the 5′ end was located at nt 1212. Like the previously described ribozyme cleavage site at nt 686, the new site produced a 5′-OH. Nevertheless, we showed that this novel site was not produced by activity of the HDV genomic ribozyme. We speculate that the 5′ end at nt 1212 reflects a preferred site of posttranscriptional endonucleolytic cleavage of genomic RNA.

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