Association of herpes simplex virus regulatory protein ICP4 with sequences spanning the ICP4 gene transcription initiation site
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 16 (2) , 555-570
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/16.2.555
Abstract
The HSV gene encoding ICP4 is negatively regulated and the HSV gene encoding thymidine kinase is positively regulated by ICP4 in vivo. We report that ICP4 is a component of a stable complex that contains protein and a sequence of approximately 28 nucleotides that span the ICP4 gene transcription initiation site. The association of ICP4 with DNA sequences between positions -103 and +32 relative to the ICP4 mRNA start site was demonstrated by DNA binding immunoassays. DNase footprinting revealed that nucleotides between positions -8 and +20 are protected by ICP4. In contrast, binding of ICP4 to sequences flanking the mRNA start site in the thymidine kinase gene was not observed. Models for IC4-mediated positive or negative regulation of HSV gene transcription are discussed.This publication has 51 references indexed in Scilit:
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