| Literature DB >> 3027365 |
H Rohdewohld, H Weiher, W Reik, R Jaenisch, M Breindl.
Abstract
The chromatin conformation of mouse genome regions containing Moloney murine leukemia proviral intergration sites in two Mov mouse strains and randomly selected integration sites in virus-infected mouse 3T3 fibroblasts was analyzed. All integrations have occurred into chromosomal regions containing several DNase-hypersensitive sites, and invariably the proviral integration sites map within a few hundred base pairs of a DNase-hypersensitive site. The probability that this close association between proviral integration sites and DNase-hypersensitive sites was due to chance was calculated to be extremely low (2 X 10(-4]. Because the proviral integrations analyzed were not selected for an altered phenotype, our results suggest that DNase-hypersensitive regions are preferred targets for retrovirus integration.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3027365 PMCID: PMC253954 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.61.2.336-343.1987
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103