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Current Genetics

, Volume 9, Issue 4, pp 279–284 | Cite as

Virus-like particles from the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

  • Brigitte Y. Tréton
  • Marie-Thérèse Le Dall
  • Henri Heslot
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Summary

Four out of the 24 strains of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica we have checked for the presence of virus-like particles (VLPs) proved to contain encapsidated double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules, 4.9 kb long. A major VLP polypeptide of MW 80,000 was observed in all 4 cases, and a second one of MW 77,000 in three cases. dsRNA from the VLPs harboring only the larger polypeptide showed little homology with the 3 others. We have found no homology between VLP dsRNAs and host DNA or dsRNAs from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and no relationship between the presence of VLPs and a possible killer phenomenon in Y. lipolytica.

Key words

Virus-like particles Double-stranded RNA Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Brigitte Y. Tréton
    • 1
  • Marie-Thérèse Le Dall
    • 1
  • Henri Heslot
    • 1
  1. 1.Laboratoire de GénétiqueInstitut National AgronomiqueParis Cédex 05France

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