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Wolff, H. ; Brack-Werner, R. ; Neumann, M. ; Werner, T. ; Schneider, R.

Integrated functional and bioinformatics approach for the identification and experimental verification of RNA signals : Application to HIV-1 INS.

Nucleic Acids Res. 31, 2839-2851 (2003)
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Regulation of gene expression involves sequence elements in nucleic acids. In promoters, multiple sequence elements cooperate as functional modules, which in combination determine overall promoter activity. We previously developed computational tools based on this hierarchical structure for in silico promoter analysis. Here we address the functional organization of post-transcriptional control elements, using the HIV-1 genome as a model. Numerous mutagenesis studies demonstrate that expression of HIV structural proteins is restricted by inhibitory sequences (INS) in HIV mRNAs in the absence of the HIV-1 Rev protein. However, previous attempts to detect conserved sequence patterns of HIV-1 INS have failed. We defined four distinct sequence patterns for inhibitory motifs (weight matrices), which identified 22 out of the 25 known INS as well as several new candidate INS regions contained in numerous HIV-1 strains. The conservation of INS motifs within the HIV genome was not due to overall sequence conservation. The functionality of two candidate INS regions was analyzed with a new assay that measures the effect of non-coding mRNA sequences on production of red fluorescent reporter protein. Both new INS regions showed inhibitory activity in sense but not in antisense orientation. Inhibitory activity increased by combining both INS regions in the same mRNA. Inhibitory activity of known and new INS regions was overcome by co-expression of the HIV-1 Rev protein.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; TRACT-BINDING-PROTEIN; MYC MESSENGER-RNA; AU-RICH ELEMENTS; HNRNP A1; C-FOS; HUMAN ASTROCYTES; GENE-PRODUCTS; REV PROTEIN
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0305-1048
e-ISSN 1362-4962
Journal Nucleic Acids Research
Quellenangaben Volume: 31, Issue: 11, Pages: 2839-2851 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Oxford University Press
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Virology (VIRO)
Institute of Experimental Genetics (IEG)