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    Publication Date: 1987-02-20
    Description: Human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) types I and II are unusual among replication-competent retroviruses in that they contain a fourth gene (chi) necessary for replication. The chi gene product, p chi, transcriptionally transactivates the viral long repeat (LTR), and is thus a positive regulator. To investigate p chi transactivation, sequences from the U3 regions of the LTRs of HTLV-I and -II were inserted into the Moloney murine leukemia virus (M-MuLV) LTR by recombinant DNA techniques. Transient expression assays of the chimeric LTRs indicated that the HTLV sequences conferred to the M-MuLV LTR responsiveness to HTLV p chi protein. M-MuLV enhancers were not required for function of the chimeric LTRs. Infectious recombinant M-MuLVs containing chimeric LTRs were also generated. These viruses showed higher infectivity when assayed in mouse cells expressing HTLV-II p chi protein compared to normal mouse cells. Thus the HTLV sequences were able to confer p chi responsiveness to infectious M-MuLV. The generation of a virus dependent on a transactivating protein for its replication has implications for the evolution of the human T-cell leukemia viruses.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kitado, H -- Chen, I S -- Shah, N P -- Cann, A J -- Shimotohno, K -- Fan, H -- CA32454/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA32455/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA38597/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Feb 20;235(4791):901-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3027896" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: DNA, Viral/*genetics ; Deltaretrovirus/*genetics ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Moloney murine leukemia virus/*genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Retroviridae Proteins/*genetics ; Trans-Activators ; Transcription Factors/*genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; *Virus Replication
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Publication Date: 1987-02-06
    Description: The human T-cell leukemia viruses, HTLV-I and HTLV-II, contain a gene, termed x, with transcriptional regulatory function. The properties of the x proteins were analyzed by constructing mutant genes containing site-directed deletions and point mutations. The results demonstrate that the amino terminal 17 amino acids of the x protein constitute part of a functional domain that is critical for the transcriptional activating properties of the protein. Within this region, substitution of a leucine residue for a proline residue results in major changes in the trans-activation phenotype of the protein. The mutant HTLV-II x protein, though incapable of activating the HTLV-II long terminal repeat, will block trans-activation of the HTLV-II long terminal repeat by the wild-type protein. The altered phenotype of this mutant suggests a potential negative regulatory function of the x protein.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wachsman, W -- Cann, A J -- Williams, J L -- Slamon, D J -- Souza, L -- Shah, N P -- Chen, I S -- CA 30388/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA 32727/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA 38597/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Feb 6;235(4789):674-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3027894" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Deltaretrovirus/*genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation ; *Genes, Viral ; Mutation ; Transcription Factors/*genetics ; Transcription, Genetic
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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