High molecular weight RNAs from Rous sarcoma virus and Moloney murine leukemia virus contain two subunits
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High molecular weight RNAs from Rous sarcoma virus and Moloney murine leukemia virus contain two subunits
Abstract
The molecular weights of the large genomic RNAs from Rous sarcoma and Moloney murine leukemia viruses were determined by a combination of sedimentation coefficients and retardation coefficients from gel electrophoresis. Six RNA standards, ranging from 0.7 X 10(6) to 5.3 X 10(6) daltons, were employed. Studies in the presence of varying concentrations of Mg2+ showed that the method provided valid molecular weights for RNAs of differing amounts of ordered structure. The molecular weight (X 10(-6)) of the high molecular weight RNA complexe from Rous sarcoma virus was 7.6 (+/-0.3) and from murine leukemia virus was 6.9 (+/-0.3). The molecular weights (X 10 (-6) of their Subunits were 3.3 (+/-0.1) and 2.8 (+/-0.2), respectively. Hence, the large complexes consisted of two, not three or more, subunits plus small associated RNAs. The high molecular weight RNA from cloned Rous sarcoma virus was heterogenous in molecular weight although the apparent molecular radius was constant; stuides were performed on subfractions of the RNA as well as on RNA from virus harvested at various time intervals. The preparations with lowest molecular weight approached a mass equal to twice that of the subunit, with hydrodynamic properties approaching those expected of normal single-stranded RNA.
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