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Abstract

Two ribozymes were synthesized which were designed to cleave potato leafroll virus (PLRV) positive strand RNA within the regions known to encode the viral coat protein and the predicted RNA polymerase gene. DNA sequences encoding the ribozymes were inserted into the plasmids pTz 18R and pTz 19R under the control of the bacteriophage T7 promoter and enzymically active RNA molecules generated by transcription by T7 RNA polymerase Each ribozyme cleaved its cognate site in RNA derived from either cDNA or PLRV particles. Ribozyme cleavage sites within the polymerase gene and coat protein gene were determined and shown to be at the predicted sequence immediately downstream from a GUC motif. An altered version of the ribozyme which recognized the sequence in the coat protein gene was isolated in which a single adenosine residue in the enzymic loop of the ribozyme was deleted. This mutated ribozyme was unable to cleave RNA molecules containing the coat protein ribozyme target site.

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