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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Expression of herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2)-encoded ribonucleotide reductase (RR) is required for growth in nondividing cells. The functional enzyme is composed of a large and a small subunit. In virus-infected cells, RR is expressed temporally as a delayed early protein. However, the promoter regulatory region of the large subunit can function as an immediate early promoter in transient transfection assays, suggesting that expression may be quite complex. In this study, a 95-bp fragment derived from the open reading frame of the large subunit of RR (RR-A) functioned as a silencer when placed adjacent to a heterologous promoter. If the fragment was placed distal to the promoter, repression was relieved and in human keratinocytes promoter activity was consistently higher than control constructs. Exonuclease III protection assays revealed that nuclear factors from human keratinocytes as well as other primate cells specifically bind to this fragment. A 30-bp motif containing a consensus SP-1 binding site and an alternating Pu/Py element was protected in all cell lines. These results suggest that a 95-bp fragment in the open reading frame of HSV-2 RR-A plays a role in regulating viral gene expression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1044-5498
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
127-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Exodeoxyribonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Gene Expression Regulation, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Ribonucleotide Reductases, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Simplexvirus, pubmed-meshheading:8385955-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of a herpes simplex virus 2 fragment from the open reading frame of the large subunit of ribonucleotide reductase with transcriptional regulatory activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583-0905.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.