Open AccessAdenovirus E1A gene autorepression: revertants of an E1A promoter mutation encode altered E1A proteins.
Author(s) -
Pamela L. Larsen,
Clark Tibbetts
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.84.23.8185
Subject(s) - biology , gene , mutant , transcription (linguistics) , mastadenovirus , microbiology and biotechnology , exon , wild type , adenovirus genome , adenoviridae , mutation , coding region , genetics , promoter , gene expression , recombinant dna , philosophy , linguistics
Revertants have been isolated from Ad3hr15, a mutant of human adenovirus type 3 that carries a defective E1A promoter. Transcription of these revertant E1A genes is restored--from nil for Ad3hr15 mutant to levels exceeding that of the wild-type virus. The mutant Ad3hr15 virus and the revertants all have an aberrant E1A promoter that contains two short tandem duplications of viral DNA sequence. The E1A gene-coding region of the mutant is the same as that for wild-type adenovirus type 3, whereas the revertants are characterized by short in-frame deletions within the 5' exon region of their E1A genes. Location of these reverting, second-site deletions is discussed in relation to E1A gene autoregulation and the evolved diversity of E1A-related oncogenic potential among different human adenoviruses.