VIRAL MESSENGER RNA DEVELOPMENTS IN MOLECULAR VIROLOGY Yechiel Becker, Series Editor Julia Hadar, Managing Editor Other books in the series: Becker, Y. (ed.) Herpesvirus DNA (1981) Becker, Y. (ed.) Replication of Viral and Cellular Genomes (1983) Kohn, A. and Fuchs, P. (eds.) Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis: From Gene to Pathogen (1984) Becker, Y. (ed.) Antiviral Drugs and Interferon: The Molecular Basis of their Activity (1984) Becker, Y. (ed.) Recombinant DNA Research and Viruses: Cloning and Expression of Viral Genes (1985) Feitelson, M. Molecular Components of Hepatitis B Virus (1985) VIRAL MESSENGER RNA Transcription, Processing, Splicing and Molecular Structure edited by Yechiel Becker The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Julia Hadar, Managing Editor "~ Martinus Nijhoff Publishing a member of the Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Boston/DordrechtiLancaster Distributors for North America: Kluwer Academic Publishers 190 Old Derby Street Hingham, MA 02043 Distributors Outside North America: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Distribution Centre P.O. Box 322 3300 AH Dordrecht The Netherlands The figure on the cover is reprinted with permiSSIOn from the Journal of Molecular Biology (Volume 166, page 497, 1983) and from the Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology (Volume 47, page 1002, 1983). This figure is also reproduced on page 56 of this book. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Viral messenger RNA. (Developments in molecular virology) Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Messenger ribonucleic acid. 2. Genetic transcription. 3. Viruses, RNA. 4. Viral genetics. l. Becker, Yechiel. II. Title: Viral messenger RNA. III. Series. [DNLM: I. RNA, Messenger-genetics. 2. RNA, Viral genetics. 3. Transcription, Genetic. WI DE998DG / QW 168 V813j QR458.V57 1985 576 '.64 84-27206 ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-9621-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-2585-7 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4613-2585-7 Copyright 1985 © by Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, Boston Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1985 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher, Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, 190 Old Derby Street, Hingham, Massachusetts 02043. CONTENTS List of Contributors Preface General 1 Biogenesis of messenger RNA Joseph R. Nevins 3 2 The interaction between viral messenger RNA and eukaryotic initiation factor 2, a protein involved in translational control Raymond Kaempfer 21 Phage mRNA 49 3 Bacteriophage T7 mRNAs F. William Studier 51 4 Analysis of viral transcription-termination signals Alik Honigman, Hana C. Hyman and Amos B. Oppenheim 63 mRNA of DNA viruses 77 5 Herpesvirus mRNA Edward K. Wagner, Robert H. Costa, B. Gayathri Devi, Kenneth G. Draper, Raymond J. Frink, Linda M. Hall, Marcia K. Rice, and William Steinhart 79 6 Organization and control of the mRNA of the HSV TK gene James R. Smiley 101 7 Use of cloned Epstein-Barr virus DNA to identify genes that determine the fate of viral infection Jeff Sample, Gerald Lancz and Meihan Nonoyama 127 8 Adenoviral hnRNA is associated with the host nuclear matrix during processing W.J. van Venrooij, R. Verheijen and E.C. Mariman 147 VI mRNA of RNA viruses 165 9 Reovirus mRNA W.K. Joklik 167 1 0 Transcription of the vesicular stomatitis virus genome RNA Amiya K. Banerjee, Bishnu P. De, and AngelEs Sanchez 197 11 Influenza viral RNA transcription Robert M. Krug, Ann Beaton, Janet Braam and Michael Katze :?:?5 12 Transcription by La Crosse virus Jean L. Patterson and Daniel Kolakofsky 257 13 mRNAs of Uukuniemi virus, a bunyavirus Ralf F. Pettersson, Esa Kuismanen, Ragna Rdnnholm and Ismo Ulmanen 283 14 Foot-and-mouth disease virus RNA Jose L. La Torre and Eduardo A. Scodeller 301 1 5 The expression and organization of the alphavirus genome H. Sdderlund, K. Takkinen, A. Jalanko and N. Kalkkinen 16 A short segment of viral DNA is required for the stimulation of transcription of mouse mammary tumor virus genes by glucocorticoid hormones H. Diggelmann, E. Buetti, D. Owen, N. Fasel, J. Firzlaff, A.L. Vessaz and K. Pearson 339 17 The interactions of viral proteins with Rous sarcoma virus RNA and possible control of reverse transcription, translation and virion assembly Jean-Luc Darlix, Claude Meric and Pierre-Francois Spahr 355 Index 373 CONTRIBUTORS Amiya K. Banerjee Roche Institute of Molecular Biology Roche Research Center Nutley, New Jersey 07110, USA Ann Beaton Molecular Biology and Virology Program Graduate School of Medical Sciences Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York 10021, USA Janet Braam Molecular Biology and Virology Program Graduate School of Medical Sciences Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York 10021, USA E. Buetti Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research CH-1066 Epalinges, SWITZERLAND Robert H. Costa Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry University of California Irvine, California 92717, USA Jean-Luc Darlix Department of Molecular Biology University of Geneva 30, quai Ernest-Ansermet 1211 Geneva 4, SWITZERLAND Bishnu P. De Roche Institute of Molecular Biology Roche Research Center Nutley, New Jersey 07110, USA B. Gayathri Devi Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry University of California Irvine, California 92717, USA H. Diggelmann Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research CH-1066 Epalinges, SWITZERLAND Kenneth G. Draper Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry University of California Irvine, California 92717, USA viii N. Fasel Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research CH-l066 Epalinges, SWITZERLAND J. Firzlaff Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research CH-l066 Epalinges, SWITZERLAND Raymond J. Frink Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry University of California Irvine, California 92717, USA Linda M. Hall Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry University of California Irvine, California 92717, USA Aiik flonigman Dfpartment of Molecular Genetics The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School P. O.B. 1172 91 010 Jerusalem, ISRAEL Hana C. Hyman Department of Molecular Genetics The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School P.0.B.1172 91 010 Jerusalem, ISRAEL A. Jalanko Recombinant DNA Laboratory University of Helsinki Valimotie 7 00380 Helsinki 38, FINLAND W. K Joklik Department of Microbiology and Immunology Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA Raymond Kaempfer Department of Molecular Virology The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School P. O.B. 1172 91 010 Jerusalem, ISRAEL N. Kalkkinen Recombinant DNA Laboratory University of Helsinki Valimotie 7 00380 Helsinki 38, FINLAND ix Michael Katze Molecular Biology and Virology Program Graduate School of Medical Sciences Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York 10021, USA Daniel Kolakofsky Department of Microbiology University of Geneva Medical School 64, Ave. de la Roseraie 1205 Geneva, SWITZERLAND Robert M. Krug Molecular Biology and Virology Program Graduate School of Medical Sciences Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York 10021, USA Esa Kuismanen Recombinant DNA Laboratory University of Helsinki Valimotie 7 SF-00380 Helsinki 38, FINLAND Gerald Lancz Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology The University of South Florida Tampa, Florida 33612, USA Jose L. La Torre Centro de Virologia Animal Serrano 661 - 1414 Capital, ARGENTINA E. C. Mariman Department of Biochemistry University of Nijmegen Geert Grooteplein N21 6525 EZ Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS Claude Meric Department of Molecular Biology University of Geneva 30, quai Ernest-Ansermet 1211 Geneva 4, SWITZERLAND Joseph R. Nevins The Rockefeller University New York, New York 10021, USA Meihan Nonoyama Showa University Research Institute for Biomedicine in Florida Clearwater, Florida 33520, USA x Amos B. Oppenheim Department of Molecular Genetics The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School P.O.B. 1172 91 010 Jerusalem, ISRAEL D. Owen Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research CH-1066 Epalinges, SWITZERLAND Jean L. Patterson Present address: Dept. of Microbiology Dept. of Microbiology University of Geneva Medical School and Molecular Genetics 64, Ave. de la Roseraie Harvard Medical School 1205 Geneva, SWITZERLAND Boston, MA 02115, USA K. Pearson Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research CH-1066 Epalinges, SWITZERLAND Ralf F. Pettersson Recombinant DNA Laboratory University of Helsinki Valimotie 7 SF-00380 Helsinki 38, FINLAND Marcia K. Rice Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry University of California Irvine, California 92717, USA Ragna Ronnholm Recombinant DNA Laboratory University of Helsinki Valimotie 7 SF-00380 Helsinki 38, FINLAND Jeff Sample Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology The University of South Florida Tampa, Florida 33612, USA Angeles Sanchez Roche Institute of Molecular Biology Roche Research Center Nutley, New Jersey 07110, USA Eduardo A. Scodeller Centro de Virologia Animal Serrano 661 - 1414 Capital, ARGENTINA