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Gene amplification and expression by RNA viruses and potential for further application to plant gene transfer
Authors:Paul Ahlquist  Radiya F. Pacha
Affiliation:Institute for Molecular Virology and Dept of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Abstract:The great majority of plant viruses encapsidate messenger-sense ssRNA and have no natural DNA phase in their life cycle. Despite their RNA nature, essentially any desired change can be introduced into such genomes by using recombinant DNA techniques with suitably constructed, expressible viral cDNA clones. For some viruses such as brome mosaic virus, these methods have been used to define the sequences controlling RNA-directed genomic RNA replication and the expression of internal genes via subgenomic mRNAs. The results suggest a surprising degree of genetic flexibility, which appears to be reflected in the varied gene complements and genetic organizations of presumably related plant and animal RNA viruses sharing conserved replication genes. Foreign genes inserted in such RNA virus genomes can be amplified and expressed to a high level in transfected plant cells. In addition to the potential use of such viruses as episomal expression vectors, it should be possible to couple the viral pathways of RNA-dependent RNA synthesis to amplify and to further regulate the expression of genes transformed into plant chromosomes.
Keywords:Gene expression    plant viruses    RNA replication    RNA viruses    viral expression
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