Chen G, Rothnie H M, He X, Hohn T, Fütterer J
Friedrich Miescher-Institut, Basel, Switzerland.
J Virol. 1996 Dec;70(12):8411-21. doi: 10.1128/JVI.70.12.8411-8421.1996.
Elements downstream of the transcription start site enhance the activity of the rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) promoter in protoplasts derived from cultured rice cells. This enhancer region was located to the first 90 nucleotides of the RTBV leader sequence. Within this region, at least two components which act together to enhance expression from the RTBV promoter could be identified. One is a position- and orientation-independent DNA element within a CT-rich region, and the other is a position-dependent element. Either element was found to be capable of acting independently on a heterologous promoter. The enhancer activity of the DNA element correlates with specific binding of nuclear proteins. Nuclear proteins also recognize an RNA transcript covering the first 90 nucleotides of the RTBV leader.
转录起始位点下游的元件可增强水稻东格鲁杆状病毒(RTBV)启动子在源自培养水稻细胞的原生质体中的活性。该增强子区域位于RTBV前导序列的前90个核苷酸处。在该区域内,可以鉴定出至少两个共同作用以增强RTBV启动子表达的元件。一个是富含CT区域内的位置和方向无关的DNA元件,另一个是位置依赖元件。发现任一元件都能够独立作用于异源启动子。DNA元件的增强子活性与核蛋白的特异性结合相关。核蛋白也识别覆盖RTBV前导序列前90个核苷酸的RNA转录本。