@article{MaurerSerflingterMeulenetal.1991, author = {Maurer, Bernd and Serfling, Edgar and ter Meulen, Volker and Rethwilm, Axel}, title = {Transcription factor AP-1 modulates the activity of the human foamy virus long terminal repeat}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61444}, year = {1991}, abstract = {The human foamy virus (HFV) contains within the UJ region of its long terminal repeat (L TR) three perfect consensus sequences for the binding of the inducible transcription factor AP-1. Results of DNase I footprint protection and gel retardation assays demonstrated that proteins in extracts of HeLa and BHK-21 cells as weil as bacterially expressed Jun and Fos proteins bind to these AP-1 sites. By conducting transient expression assays using chloramphenicol acetyltransferase plasmids carrying LTR sequences with point-mutated AP-1 sites it was found that the three AP-1 sites contribute to the optimal activity ofthe HFV promoter. It is shown that lnduction of the HFV L TR by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and serum factors is mediated through the AP-1 sites.}, subject = {Virologie}, language = {en} }