RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Choudhury, Indrani A1 Wang, Jihong A1 Stein, Stanley A1 Rabson, Arnold A1 Leibowitz, Michael J.YR 1999 T1 Translational effects of peptide antagonists of Tat protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 JF Journal of General Virology, VO 80 IS 3 SP 777 OP 782 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-80-3-777 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB The Tat (trans-activator of transcription) regulatory protein of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) acts by interacting with the TAR RNA domain of nascent viral transcripts and with cellular proteins to increase viral transcription. In Jurkat-derived HCLE-D36 cells, which are stably transfected with the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene expressed from the TAR-encoding long terminal repeat (LTR) of HIV-1, CAT protein expression is dependent on Tat. The Tat9-K-biotin peptide antagonist of Tat binds specifically to TAR RNA and competes with Tat for binding. In the cellular expression system, Tat9-K-biotin reduces Tat-dependent CAT expression. However, while the Tat antagonist greatly reduces CAT protein production and polysome association of CAT mRNA, it has little effect on CAT mRNA levels, suggesting that the antagonist works at the post-transcriptional level., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-80-3-777