title: Determination of occupancies of the SPH and GT-IIC transcription factor binding motifs in SV40: evidence for two forms of transcription elongation complex.
abstract: Occupancies of the SPH and GT-IIC sequence motifs in the native SV40 late transcription elongation complex were determined by assessing blockage to restriction enzyme cleavage. Cleavages specific to the transcription elongation complex were quantified by radioactive extension labeling and polymerase run-off analysis. The SPH motif was assayed by Sphl digestion and found to be unoccupied. In contrast, digestion with Pvull at the GT-IIC site was blocked in 36% of the complexes, indicating that approximately a third of the complexes are occupied by factor. This fractional occupancy indicates that there are at least two forms of SV40 late transcription elongation complexes, one form with the GT-IIC site occupied by a factor and another with the site vacant.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Research Program, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Eadara
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lutter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000378:metabolism*; D000091262:TEA Domain Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000091262:TEA Domain Transcription Factors; C057182:TEAD1 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; C046184:endodeoxyribonuclease PaeI; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific