title: Compatibility of rev gene activity in the four groups of primate lentiviruses.
abstract: The compatibility of rev genes derived from various primate immunodeficiency viruses of all distinct subgroups identified was assessed in three experimental systems: complementation experiments between proviral rev and gag mutants, evaluation of the ability of the rev gene products to activate proviral reporters, and examination of the capacity of various viruses to augment marker gene expression in the infected reporter cell lines. In all systems, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) rev was not substantially substituted or was extremely poorly substituted by the rev of the other viruses. The rev of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) from a mandrill could be exchanged by HIV-1 rev. In contrast, the rev gene products of all viruses efficiently activate HIV-2 and SIV from an African green monkey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Viral Oncology, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sakuragi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiyomasu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adachi
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D015750:Genes, gag; D015757:Genes, rev; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000235:genetics; D016086:Lentivirus / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase