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J Virol, March 1998, p. 1967-1973, Vol. 72, No. 3
Molecular Medicine Unit, University of Leeds,
St. James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Received 23 October 1997/Accepted 10 December 1997
We have previously demonstrated that open reading frame (ORF) 50 and ORF 57 encode transcriptional regulating genes in herpesvirus saimiri. ORF 50, a homolog of Epstein-Barr virus R protein, is a
sequence-specific transactivator, whereas ORF 57 acts
posttranscriptionally. In this report, we demonstrate that the ORF 57 gene is regulated by the ORF 50a gene product. We show that the ORF 57 gene is expressed at basal levels early in the virus replication cycle
and that thereafter it is transactivated by the ORF 50a gene product,
due to an increase in RNA levels. As it has been shown that the ORF 57 gene product downregulates ORF 50a due to the presence of its intron,
these combined observations identify a feedback mechanism modulating
gene expression in herpesvirus saimiri, whereby ORF 50a transcription
is downregulated by the ORF 57 gene product, a gene which it
specifically transactivates. Furthermore, we propose that the
intron-containing ORF 57 gene downregulates itself by the same
mechanism as that for ORF 50a, as both genes are downregulated at
similar times during the replication cycle.
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The Open Reading Frame (ORF) 50a Gene Product
Regulates ORF 57 Gene Expression in Herpesvirus Saimiri
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Molecular
Medicine Unit, University of Leeds, St. James's University Hospital,
Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom. Phone: 113 2065865. Fax: 113 2444475. E-mail: A.Whitehouse{at}leeds.ac.uk.
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