Complementation of a primer binding site-impaired murine leukemia virus-derived retroviral vector by a genetically engineered tRNA-like primer

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作者
Lund, AH
Duch, M
Lovmand, J
Jorgensen, P
Pedersen, FS
机构
[1] AARHUS UNIV,DEPT MOL & STRUCT BIOL,DK-8000 AARHUS,DENMARK
[2] AARHUS UNIV,DEPT MED MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,DK-8000 AARHUS,DENMARK
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10.1128/JVI.71.2.1191-1195.1997
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Reverse transcription of retroviral genomes is primed by a tRNA annealed to an 18-nucleotide primer binding site. Here, we present a primer complementation system to study molecular interaction of the replication machinery with the primer and primer binding site in vivo, Introduction of eight base substitutions into the primer binding site of a murine leukemia virus-based vector allowed efficient RNA encapsidation but resulted in severely reduced vector replication capacity. Replication was restored upon complementation with a synthetic gene designed to encode a complementary tRNA-like primer, but not with a noncomplementary tRNA-like molecule. The engineered primer was shown to be involved in both the initiation of first-strand synthesis and second-strand transfer. These results provide an in vivo demonstration that the retroviral replication machinery may recognize sequence complementarity rather than actual primer binding site and 3' primer sequences. Use of mutated primer binding site vectors replicating via engineered primers may add additional control features to retroviral gene transfer technology.
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页码:1191 / 1195
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