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    J Biol Chem. 1993 Nov 25;268(33):24940-9.

    Effects of integration and replication on transcription of the HIV-1 long terminal repeat.

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    Molecular Virology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

    Abstract

    The activity of a promoter is influenced by chromosomal and cell cycle/replication context. We analyzed the influences of integration and replication on transcription of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 long terminal repeat (LTR). We found that one requirement for Tat trans-activated expression differed for integrated versus unintegrated HIV-1 LTR. Specifically, the second coding exon of Tat, previously regarded as functionally dispensable, plays a role in the optimal activation of integrated LTRs. We also found that the transcription profile produced from the HIV-1 LTR is influenced by replication. Autonomously replicating vectors that contain the HIV-1 LTR produced patterns of transcription different from counterpart vectors that do not replicate. Both replicating and nonreplicating HIV-1 LTRs remained responsive to Tat.

    PMID:
    8227056
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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