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A transcription factor with homology to the AP-1 family links RNA transcription and DNA replication in the lytic cycle of Epstein-Barr virus.

EMBO J. 12, 3921-3929 (1993)
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oriLyt, the lytic origin of DNA replication of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), ensures viral DNA amplification during the productive or lytic phase of the virus' life cycle. To understand the contribution of cis- and transacting elements involved in DNA replication of oriLyt, a detailed mutational analysis was undertaken which defined BZLF1, a viral transcriptional activator, as an essential replication factor. The BZLF1 protein belongs to the extended fos/jun family of transcription factors and binds to specific BZLF1 binding motifs within oriLyt, as well as to consensus AP-1 sites. Recombinant, chimeric transcription factors identified the transcriptional activation domain of BZLF1 as being necessary to mediate DNA replication, a function which could not be substituted by any other transcription factor tested, including jun, E2, myc or VP16.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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ISSN (print) / ISBN 0261-4189
e-ISSN 1460-2075
Quellenangaben Volume: 12, Issue: 10, Pages: 3921-3929 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Wiley
Publishing Place Heidelberg, Germany
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed