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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Integration of retroviral cDNA in vivo is normally not sequence specific with respect to the integration target DNA. We have been investigating methods for directing the integration of retroviral DNA to predetermined sites, with the dual goal of understanding potential mechanisms governing normal site selection and developing possible methods for gene therapy. To this end, we have fused retroviral integrase enzymes to sequence-specific DNA-binding domains and investigated target site selection by the resulting proteins. In a previous study, we purified and analyzed a fusion protein composed of human immunodeficiency virus integrase linked to the DNA-binding domain of lambda repressor. This fusion could direct selective integration in vitro into target DNA containing lambda repressor binding sites. Here we investigate the properties of a fusion integrase in the context of a human immunodeficiency virus provirus. We used a fusion of integrase to the DNA binding domain of the zinc finger protein zif268 (IN-zif). Initially we found that the fusion was highly detrimental to replication as measured by the multinuclear activation of a galactosidase indicator (MAGI) assay for infected centers. However, we found that viruses containing mixtures of wild-type integrase and IN-zif were infectious. We prepared preintegration complexes from cells infected with these viruses and found that such complexes directed increased integration near zif268 recognition sites.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-538X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
458-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Tethering human immunodeficiency virus type 1 preintegration complexes to target DNA promotes integration at nearby sites.
pubmed:affiliation
Infectious Disease Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't