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ArticleScientific reports2016

HIV-1 Vpr N-terminal tagging affects alternative splicing of the viral genome.

Ann Baeyens, Evelien Naessens, Anouk Van Nuffel, Karin E Weening, Anne-Marie Reilly, Eva Claeys, Wim Trypsteen, Linos Vandekerckhove, Sven Eyckerman, Kris Gevaert and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ann BaeyensDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Evelien NaessensDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Anouk Van NuffelDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Karin E WeeningDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Anne-Marie ReillyDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Eva ClaeysDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Wim TrypsteenHIV Translational Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Linos VandekerckhoveHIV Translational Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Sven EyckermanVIB Medical Biotechnology Center, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Kris GevaertVIB Medical Biotechnology Center, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Bruno VerhasseltDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Ghent University Hospital · BEGhent University · BEVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To facilitate studies on Vpr function in replicating HIV-1, we aimed to tag the protein in an infectious virus. First we showed that N-, but not C-terminal HA/FLAG tagging of Vpr protein preserves Vpr cytopathicity. Cloning the tags into proviral DNA however ablated viral production and replication. By construction of additional viral variants we could show this defect was not protein- but RNA-dependent and sequence specific, and characterized by oversplicing of the genomic RNA. Simulation of genomic RNA folding suggested that introduction of the tag sequence induced an alternative folding structure in a region enriched in splice sites and splicing regulatory sequences. In silico predictions identified the HA/His

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Alternative SplicingCell LineGenome, ViralHIV-1HumansRNA FoldingRNA, MessengerRNA, Viralvpr Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusRNA, MessengerRNA, Viralvpr Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virusvpr protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1

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PMID27721439
PMCPMC5056386
OpenAlexW2531406875

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