Article
Functional substitution of the basic domain of the HIV-1 trans-activator, Tat, with the basic domain of the functionally heterologous Rev.
Virology - 1 May 1990
Subramanian T, Kuppuswamy M, Venkatesh L, Srinivasan A, Chinnadurai G
Abstract excerpt
The tat gene of HIV is a strong activator of the viral LTR. The Tat protein contains a highly basic domain that is important for its transport to the nuclear/nucleolar locations. The Tat basic domain when fused to Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase directed the chimeric protein to the nucleus an...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gene Products, rev
- Genes, Viral
- Genes, tat
- HIV-1
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nucleolus Organizer Region
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Signal Transduction
- Trans-Activators
- Transcriptional Activation
- rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
