MYB PROTEIN BINDS TO MULTIPLE SITES IN THE HUMAN T-CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE-1 LONG TERMINAL REPEAT AND TRANSACTIVATES LTR-MEDIATED EXPRESSION

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作者
BOSSELUT, R
LIM, F
ROMOND, PC
FRAMPTON, J
BRADY, J
GHYSDAEL, J
机构
[1] EUROPEAN MOLEC BIOL LAB,DIFFERENTIAT PROGRAM,W-6900 HEIDELBERG,GERMANY
[2] NCI,MOLEC VIROL LAB,BETHESDA,MD 20892
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10.1016/0042-6822(92)90044-P
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The members of the c-myb proto-oncogene family encode sequence-specific transcriptional activators. In T cells, expression of c-myb and the related B-myb gene is induced following mitogenic stimulation. Using a purified recombinant protein, we report here that the human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) LTR contains six specific binding sites for Myb. We also show that HTLV-1 LTR chloramphenicol acetyl transferase reporter plasmids are specifically transactivated by c-Myb. These data suggest a role for members of the Myb family as a link between transcriptional activation of the HTLV-1 LTR and T cell activation events. © 1992.
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