Adenovirus 5 E2 transcription unit: an E1A-inducible promoter with an essential element that functions independently of position or orientation.

AUTOR(ES)

Imperiale, M J

RESUMO

Utilizing deletion mutants of a plasmid containing the adenovirus E2 gene, an E1A-inducible transcription unit, we determined the promoter sequences required for full expression in transient transfection assays. Wild-type expression was obtained from plasmids containing only 79 nucleotides of upstream sequence relative to the transcription initiation site. Removal of an additional nine nucleotides lowered expression 10-fold, and deletion to -59 resulted in near total loss of transcription. Wild-type levels of expression were restored to a -28 deletion mutant by insertion of the sequence from -21 to -262 from the wild-type promoter at the -28 position, in either orientation, even though when inserted in the opposite orientation the relevant sequences were ca. 270 nucleotides upstream from their normal position. Finally, this sequence could be placed at a distance of 4,000 nucleotides from the E2 cap site and still retain near total function. Thus, the E2 promoter element can function independent of orientation and position, properties characteristic of enhancer elements.

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