Publication Date:
1988-09-16
Description:
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), in contrast with most other retroviruses, encodes trans-regulatory proteins for virus gene expression. It is shown in this study, by means of an in vitro splicing system, that nuclear extracts obtained from cells infected with HIV-1 contain a factor (or factors) that specifically inhibits splicing of a synthetic SP6/HIV pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA)-containing donor and acceptor splice sites in the coding region for the envelope protein. It is also shown that the SP6/HIV pre-mRNA is not capable of assembly in a ribonucleoprotein complex, spliceosome, in extracts from infected cells. These findings raise the possibility that specific inhibition of pre-mRNA splicing in the envelope protein coding region by HIV-1 trans-regulatory factors might be one control mechanism for efficient production of structural viral proteins and virion assembly.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gutman, D -- Goldenberg, C J -- AI-24479/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Sep 16;241(4872):1492-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3047873" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Cell Nucleus/physiology
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Cloning, Molecular
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DNA Mutational Analysis
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Gene Expression Regulation
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HIV/*genetics
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HeLa Cells
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Humans
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RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
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*RNA Splicing
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RNA, Viral/*genetics
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Ribonucleoproteins/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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