NUCLEOTIDE AND DEDUCED AMINO-ACID-SEQUENCES OF THE GENE ENCODING VIRION PROTEIN-16 OF HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE-2

被引:22
作者
CRESS, A [1 ]
TRIEZENBERG, SJ [1 ]
机构
[1] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,DEPT BIOCHEM,E LANSING,MI 48824
关键词
RECOMBINANT DNA; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATION; VP16; IMMEDIATE-EARLY GENE INDUCTION; ACIDIC ACTIVATING DOMAIN; HOMOLOGY;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(91)90278-J
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
A virion protein (VP16) of herpes simplex virus (HSV) activates transcription of viral immediate-early genes. We have determined the nucleotide sequence of the virion activator gene from HSV-2, which we term VP16-2. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences of the HSV-1 and HSV-2 homologs shows that the VP16-2 gene product retains features determined to be important for transcriptional activation by VP16.
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