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Abstract
All viruses target host cell factors for successful life cycle completion. Transcriptional control of DNA viruses by host cell factors is important in the temporal and spatial regulation of virus gene expression. Many of these factors are recruited to enhance virus gene expression and thereby increase virus production, but host cell factors can also restrict virus gene expression and productivity of infection. CCCTC binding factor (CTCF) is a host cell DNA binding protein important for the regulation of genomic chromatin boundaries, transcriptional control and enhancer element usage. CTCF also functions in RNA polymerase II regulation and in doing so can influence co-transcriptional splicing events. Several DNA viruses, including Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human papillomavirus (HPV) utilize CTCF to control virus gene expression and many studies have highlighted a role for CTCF in the persistence of these diverse oncogenic viruses. CTCF can both enhance and repress virus gene expression and in some cases CTCF increases the complexity of alternatively spliced transcripts. This review article will discuss the function of CTCF in the life cycle of DNA viruses in the context of known host cell CTCF functions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3574-3585 |
Journal | Viruses |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Jul 2015 |
Keywords
- CTCF
- DNA Virus
- Gene Expression
- cohesin
- chromatin organization
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Understanding the function of CTCF recruitment to oncogenic HPV genomes in the complete HPV Life Cycle
1/10/13 → 30/09/17
Project: Research