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J. Virol., 10 1995, 6553-6556, Vol 69, No. 10
S Barksdale and CC Baker
Activation of the late promoter (PL) of bovine papillomavirus type 1
(BPV-1) is dependent on the differentiation state of keratinocytes and
occurs in the upper layers of the bovine fibropapilloma. In this study, we
show by in situ hybridization that a differentiation-specific pattern of
BPV-1 late RNA splicing is also seen in the fibropapilloma. RNAs containing
the 7385/3605 and 3764/5609 splice junctions were confined to the granular
cell layer. In contrast, RNAs containing the 7385/3225 splice junction were
present in both the granular and spinous layers. The switch in splice site
usage in the granular cell layer limits the expression of the mRNA encoding
the major capsid protein to these most terminally differentiated cells.
Thus, BPV-1 late mRNA expression is regulated at both transcriptional and
posttranscriptional levels.
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology
Differentiation-specific alternative splicing of bovine papillomavirus late mRNAs
Laboratory of Tumor Virus Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-5055, USA.
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