Abstract
) and wild rice (O. rufipogon) tissues. It is detected at every developmental stage, and is transmitted very efficiently to progeny via seeds (more than 98%). The dsRNA is maintained at a constant level (approximately 100 copies/cell) in almost all tissues. However, the number of copies increases about 10-fold when host cells are grown in suspension culture. Complete nucleotide sequences of cultivated rice (temperate japonica rice, cv. Nipponbare, J-dsRNA) and wild rice (W-1714, W-dsRNA) dsRNAs have been determined. Both wild and cultivated rice dsRNAs have a single long open reading frame (ORF) containing the conserved motifs of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and RNA helicase. The coding strands of both contain a site-specific discontinuity (nick) at nt 1,211 (J-dsRNA) or at nt 1,197 (W-dsRNA) from the 5′ end of their coding strand. Rice dsRNA has several unique properties and can be regarded as a novel RNA replicon. This paper discusses the origin and evolution of the rice dsRNA.
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