A broadly applicable genetic strategy was developed for investigating RNA-protein interactions and applied to the HIV-1 Rev protein. By rapidly screening thousands of Rev-RNA interactions in Escherichia coli, we isolated Rev suppressor mutations that alleviated the deleterious effect of mutations in RRE stem-loop IIB, the high affinity RNA-binding site for Rev. All of these suppressor mutations...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Rev protein is essential for viral structural protein expression (Gag, Pol, and Env) and, hence, for viral replication. In transient transfection assays, mutant forms of Rev have been identified that inhibit wild-type Rev activity and therefore suppress viral replication. To determine whether such transdominant Rev proteins could provide long-term protecti...

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a member of the lentivirus subfamily of retroviruses. HIV-1 expresses multiple genes from a single provirus by alternative splicing. Early in viral expression, fully spliced 2-kb viral RNA is exported from the nucleus and encodes the viral regulatory protein, Rev, which is essential for nuclear transport of partially spliced and unspliced genomic-l...

The nuclear receptor REV-ERBalpha is a key negative-feedback regulator of the biological clock. REV-ERBalpha binds to ROR elements of the Bmal1 (Arntl) promoter and represses Bmal1 transcription. This stabilizing negative loop is important for precise control of the circadian pacemaker. In the present study, we identified a novel synthetic REV-ERBalpha ligand, which enhances the recruitment of ...

Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis causing reproductive failures in livestock. It is shown that although the vaccine can prevent abortion, it does not provide complete protection against infection. So that vaccination of ewes with Rev.1 biotype can be a source of cattle and even human Brucellosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate possibility of Brucella cross-infection in cattle from Bruc...

Thyroid hormones (TH) are critical for development, growth, and metabolism. Circulating TH levels are tightly regulated by thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) secretion within the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis. While circadian TSH secretion has been well documented, the mechanism of this observation remains unclear. Recently, the nuclear corepressor, NCOR1, has been postulated to regu...

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