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. 1991 Jun 25;19(12):3221–3228. doi: 10.1093/nar/19.12.3221

Cooperation between upstream and downstream elements of the adenovirus major late promoter for maximal late phase-specific transcription.

G Mondésert 1, C Kédinger 1
PMCID: PMC328314  PMID: 2062639

Abstract

Transcription from the adenovirus major late promoter (MLP) is greatly stimulated during lytic infection, after replication of the viral DNA has started. This replication-dependent activation has previously been shown to be mediated by a positive regulatory cellular protein(s). Binding of this factor(s) to sequence elements (DE1 and DE2), located between positions +76 and +124, with respect to the MLP transcriptional startsite, is detected only after the onset of DNA replication. Using a cell-free transcription system which mimics the late phase induction of the MLP and DNA binding assays, we now present evidence showing that maximal stimulation also depends on the MLP upstream element (UE), without involving increased DNA binding activity of the corresponding factor (UEF) during the lytic cycle. Our results indicate that the upstream and downstream elements act cooperatively on transcription efficiency, although no direct interactions between the cognate factors could be demonstrated. These observations strongly suggest that the elevated rate of transcription originating at the MLP startsite, late in infection, results from the simultaneous action of factors bound at the upstream and downstream elements onto a common target within the basal transcription machinery.

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