Influenza virus RNA-synthesizing complex in the nucleoplasm of infected cells

J Gen Virol. 1975 Oct;29(1):137-42. doi: 10.1099/0022-1317-29-1-137.

Abstract

An RNA-synthesizing complex was found in the nucleoplasm of fowl plague virus-infected chicken fibroblast and Ehrlich tumour cells. The complex sedimented at 120 S and banded in caesium chloride at 1-39 to 1-41 g/ml. It contained an influenza nucleocapsid protein as a major protein constituent. The complex functioned late in infection, and RNA synthesis in it was resistant to actinomycin D, the properties expected of influenza virus replicative complex.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor
  • Cell Nucleus / metabolism*
  • Chick Embryo
  • Culture Techniques
  • Dactinomycin / pharmacology
  • Fibroblasts
  • Influenza A virus / growth & development
  • Influenza A virus / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • RNA, Viral / biosynthesis*
  • Viral Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Virus Replication

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Viral Proteins
  • Dactinomycin