Article
Biological importance and cooperativity of HIV-1 regulatory gene splice acceptors.
Virology - 1 Jul 1994
Riggs N L, Little S J, Richman D D, Guatelli J C
Abstract excerpt
The replication of HIV-1 mutants containing altered splice acceptor sequences was studied. The splice acceptor sites 5' of the essential tat and rev AUG codons were altered to eliminate specifically spliced species from the viral repertoire of mRNAs. All splice site mutants were attenuated or fully defective. Mutation of the tat splice acceptor (exon 4) caused loss of the mRNA species containing exon 4 and...
Topics
- Cell Line
- Cloning, Molecular
- Codon
- DNA, Viral
- Genes, Regulator
- Genes, Viral
- Genes, rev
- Genes, tat
- Genetic Complementation Test
- HIV-1
- Mutagenesis
- Phenotype
