期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1986
卷号:83
期号:11
页码:3609-3613
DOI:10.1073/pnas.83.11.3609
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:A transient assay has been used to study bovine papilloma virus type 1 (BPV-1) replication. We show that BPV-1 early replication occurs faster than cellular DNA synthesis. Initial replication events are dependent on a gene product(s), encoded by the BPV-1 E1 open reading frame. Mutational analysis of the viral upstream regulatory region shows the requirement of two domains in cis for replication. Domain one, located outside of the viral 69% transforming fragment, is an enhancer-like activity and can be replaced by other known viral enhancers. Domain two lies within sequences previously defined as plasmid maintenance sequence 1. The apparent requirement for a proximal enhancer function for replication may explain why certain BPV-1 constructions, when linked to bacterial plasmid sequences, can be maintained extrachromosomally while others cannot.