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ArticleBiophysical journal2010

Transcriptional bursting from the HIV-1 promoter is a significant source of stochastic noise in HIV-1 gene expression.

Abhyudai Singh, Brandon Razooky, Chris D Cox, Michael L Simpson, Leor S Weinberger

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers.

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126citing papers in PubMed
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126 citing papers in PubMed, 277 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abhyudai Singh
Brandon Razooky
Chris D Cox
Michael L Simpson
Leor S Weinberger
University of California, San Diego · USOak Ridge National Laboratory · USUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Analysis of noise in gene expression has proven a powerful approach for analyzing gene regulatory architecture. To probe the regulatory mechanisms controlling expression of HIV-1, we analyze noise in gene-expression from HIV-1's long terminal repeat (LTR) promoter at different HIV-1 integration sites across the human genome. Flow cytometry analysis of GFP expression from the HIV-1 LTR shows high variability (noise) at each integration site. Notably, the measured noise levels are inconsistent with constitutive gene expression models. Instead, quantification of expression noise indicates that HIV-1 gene expression occurs through randomly timed bursts of activity from the LTR and that each burst generates an average of 2-10 mRNA transcripts before the promoter returns to an inactive state. These data indicate that transcriptional bursting can generate high variability in HIV-1 early gene products, which may critically influence the viral fate-decision between active replication and proviral latency.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticFlow CytometryGene Expression Regulation, ViralGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHIV-1HIV Long Terminal RepeatHumansJurkat CellsModels, GeneticPromoter Regions, GeneticStochastic ProcessesGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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PMID20409455
PMCPMC2856162
OpenAlexW2087004443

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