Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 563, Issue 1-3, Pages 113-118Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(04)00277-7
Keywords
human immunodeficiency virus; transcription; splicing; cytomegalovirus promoter; Tat
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Efficient transcription from the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat (HIV-1 LTR) promoter is dependent on the viral transactivator Tat. To generate a Tat-independent proviral plasmid, we replaced the promoter in the HIV-1 LTR with the immediate early promoter of cytomegalovirus. Transfection of this plasmid yielded Tat-independent production of infectious HIV-1. Tat-independent expression was lost, however, when the major 5' splice site in the HIV-1 genome was mutated and no HIV-1-specific RNA or protein was detected. This defect was restored when a Tat expression plasmid was cotransfected. Our results support recent reports indicating an influence of the recognition of splice sites on efficient transcriptional elongation. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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