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Abstract
Purified human reovirus contains RNA methylase activity in addition to an RNA polymerase. Virions incubated under appropriate conditions in the presence of S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthesize mRNA that is specifically methylated in the 5'-terminal guanosine. Alkaline digestion of the methylated RNA released a 5'-terminal dinucleotide, ppG'pCp, indicating that the guanosine contains 2'-O-methylribose. The possible roles of methylation in viral and cellular mRNA function is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1974 PMID: 4528644 PMCID: PMC388651 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.71.8.3204
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205