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Mutational analysis of the HIV-1 LTR as a promoter of negative sense transcription.
Archives of virology - 1 Dec 2004
Bentley K, Deacon N, Sonza S, Zeichner S, Churchill M
Abstract excerpt
The HIV-1 gene promoter is a bi-directional promoter of transcription. We report the characterization of the negative sense promoter (NSP) by analysis of the effect on negative sense transcription of a series of LTR U3 region substitution mutants. Mutations in the region nt -58 to -183 (positive sense transcription initiation nt +1) reduced transcription to <15% of wild type NSP activity. This region, essential...
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