Subfragments of the large terminal repeat cause glucocorticoid-responsive expression of mouse mammary tumor virus and of an adjacent gene.
Subfragments of the large terminal repeat cause glucocorticoid-responsive expression of mouse mammary tumor virus and of an adjacent gene.
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大末端重复的亚片段引起小鼠乳腺肿瘤病毒和邻近基因的糖皮质激素反应性表达。
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发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Bernd Groner
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作者:
N. Hynes;A. V. Ooyen;N. Kennedy;Peter Herrlich;H. Ponta;Bernd Groner
After transfection of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) proviral DNA into cultured cells, the DNA is transcribed in a glucocorticoid-sensitive fashion. The large terminal repeat (LTR) region of MMTV is 1,328 nucleotides long and contains the regulatory information necessary for the hormonal response. We have constructed a MMTV LTR-thymidine kinase (tk) chimeric gene and have tested the biological activity of molecules containing various deletions in the LTR after transformation of LTK- APRT- mouse cells. In the TK+ transformants, both a LTR- tk chimeric RNA and an authentic tk RNA are correctly initiated and transcribed. The synthesis of the chimeric RNA as well as that of the tk RNA is hormonally regulated. A plasmid containing 202 nucleotides of LTR DNA 5' to the RNA initiation site is fully sensitive to glucocorticoids; 50 nucleotides still cause a residual inducibility.