Abstract
Full-length cDNAs of the reovirus serotype 1 Lang strain S1 and S4 genes were cloned in Escherichia coli using bacteriophage M13 and expressed in monkey COS cells under the control of the SV40 late promoter using the eukaryotic expression vector pJC119. The s1-encoded σ1 and s4-encoded σ3 gene products were expressed in transfected COS cells and were indistinguishable from the authentic σ1 and σ3 polypeptides synthesized in reovirion-infected COS cells. The relative translational efficiencies of the s1 and s4 mRNAs in transfected COS cells were similar to the efficiencies observed in virion-infected cells; the s4 mRNA was translated approximately five times more efficiently than the s1 mRNA. Our results suggest that the differential translation of the reovirus s1 and s4 mRNAs in vivo may be attributed to intrinsic structural properties of the individual mRNAs and is independent of competition with other viral mRNAs.
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