LOCUS       Exported                8709 bp ds-DNA     circular SYN 13-MAY-2021
DEFINITION  Retroviral expression of hTERT. Used to create immortalized cell 
            lines..
ACCESSION   .
VERSION     .
KEYWORDS    pBABE-neo-hTERT
SOURCE      synthetic DNA construct
  ORGANISM  synthetic DNA construct
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 8709)
  AUTHORS   Counter CM, Hahn WC, Wei W, Caddle SD, Beijersbergen RL, Lansdorp 
            PM, Sedivy JM, Weinberg RA
  TITLE     Dissociation among in vitro telomerase activity, telomere 
            maintenance, and cellular immortalization.
  JOURNAL   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 Dec 8;95(25):14723-8.
  PUBMED    9843956
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 8709)
  AUTHORS   .
  TITLE     Direct Submission
COMMENT     SGRef: number: 1; type: "Journal Article"; journalName: "Proc Natl 
            Acad Sci U S A"; date: "1998-12-8"; volume: "95(25)"; pages: 
            "14723-8"
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..8709
                     /organism="synthetic DNA construct"
                     /mol_type="other DNA"
     LTR             11..480
                     /note="long terminal repeat from Moloney murine leukemia 
                     virus"
     misc_feature    545..744
                     /label=MMLV Psi
                     /note="packaging signal of Moloney murine leukemia virus 
                     (MMLV)"
     CDS             945..1361
                     /label=gag (truncated)
                     /note="truncated Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) gag 
                     gene lacking the start codon"
     primer_bind     1291..1313
                     /label=pLXSN 5
                     /note="Murine stem cell virus, forward primer. Also called 
                     MSCV"
     primer_bind     1329..1345
                     /label=pBABE 5
                     /note="Psi packaging signal, forward primer for pBABE 
                     vectors"
     CDS             1441..4839
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="TERT"
                     /product="human telomerase reverse transcriptase, the 
                     catalytic subunit of telomerase"
                     /label=hTERT
                     /note="prevents telomere shortening and allows 
                     postsenescent cells to proliferate beyond crisis (Counter 
                     et al., 1998); also known as EST2"
                     /translation="MPRAPRCRAVRSLLRSHYREVLPLATFVRRLGPQGWRLVQRGDPA
                     AFRALVAQCLVCVPWDARPPPAAPSFRQVSCLKELVARVLQRLCERGAKNVLAFGFALL
                     DGARGGPPEAFTTSVRSYLPNTVTDALRGSGAWGLLLRRVGDDVLVHLLARCALFVLVA
                     PSCAYQVCGPPLYQLGAATQARPPPHASGPRRRLGCERAWNHSVREAGVPLGLPAPGAR
                     RRGGSASRSLPLPKRPRRGAAPEPERTPVGQGSWAHPGRTRGPSDRGFCVVSPARPAEE
                     ATSLEGALSGTRHSHPSVGRQHHAGPPSTSRPPRPWDTPCPPVYAETKHFLYSSGDKEQ
                     LRPSFLLSSLRPSLTGARRLVETIFLGSRPWMPGTPRRLPRLPQRYWQMRPLFLELLGN
                     HAQCPYGVLLKTHCPLRAAVTPAAGVCAREKPQGSVAAPEEEDTDPRRLVQLLRQHSSP
                     WQVYGFVRACLRRLVPPGLWGSRHNERRFLRNTKKFISLGKHAKLSLQELTWKMSVRGC
                     AWLRRSPGVGCVPAAEHRLREEILAKFLHWLMSVYVVELLRSFFYVTETTFQKNRLFFY
                     RKSVWSKLQSIGIRQHLKRVQLRELSEAEVRQHREARPALLTSRLRFIPKPDGLRPIVN
                     MDYVVGARTFRREKRAERLTSRVKALFSVLNYERARRPGLLGASVLGLDDIHRAWRTFV
                     LRVRAQDPPPELYFVKVDVTGAYDTIPQDRLTEVIASIIKPQNTYCVRRYAVVQKAAHG
                     HVRKAFKSHVSTLTDLQPYMRQFVAHLQETSPLRDAVVIEQSSSLNEASSGLFDVFLRF
                     MCHHAVRIRGKSYVQCQGIPQGSILSTLLCSLCYGDMENKLFAGIRRDGLLLRLVDDFL
                     LVTPHLTHAKTFLRTLVRGVPEYGCVVNLRKTVVNFPVEDEALGGTAFVQMPAHGLFPW
                     CGLLLDTRTLEVQSDYSSYARTSIRASLTFNRGFKAGRNMRRKLFGVLRLKCHSLFLDL
                     QVNSLQTVCTNIYKILLLQAYRFHACVLQLPFHQQVWKNPTFFLRVISDTASLCYSILK
                     AKNAGMSLGAKGAAGPLPSEAVQWLCHQAFLLKLTRHRVTYVPLLGSLRTAQTQLSRKL
                     PGTTLTALEAAANPALPSDFKTILD"
     primer_bind     complement(4851..4871)
                     /label=pBABE 3
                     /note="SV40 enhancer, reverse primer for pBABE vectors"
     promoter        4856..5185
                     /label=SV40 promoter
                     /note="SV40 enhancer and early promoter"
     rep_origin      5036..5171
                     /label=SV40 ori
                     /note="SV40 origin of replication"
     primer_bind     5098..5117
                     /label=SV40pro-F
                     /note="SV40 promoter/origin, forward primer"
     CDS             5542..6336
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="aph(3)-II (or nptII)"
                     /product="aminoglycoside phosphotransferase from Tn5"
                     /label=NeoR/KanR
                     /note="confers resistance to neomycin, kanamycin, and G418 
                     (Geneticin(R))"
                     /translation="MIEQDGLHAGSPAAWVERLFGYDWAQQTIGCSDAAVFRLSAQGRP
                     VLFVKTDLSGALNELQDEAARLSWLATTGVPCAAVLDVVTEAGRDWLLLGEVPGQDLLS
                     SHLAPAEKVSIMADAMRRLHTLDPATCPFDHQAKHRIERARTRMEAGLVDQDDLDEEHQ
                     GLAPAELFARLKARMPDGEDLVVTHGDACLPNIMVENGRFSGFIDCGRLGVADRYQDIA
                     LATRDIAEELGGEWADRFLVLYGIAAPDSQRIAFYRLLDEFF"
     primer_bind     complement(5596..5615)
                     /label=Neo-R
                     /note="Neomycin resistance gene, reverse primer"
     primer_bind     6206..6225
                     /label=Neo-F
                     /note="Neomycin resistance gene, forward primer"
     primer_bind     6859..6878
                     /label=pBR322ori-F
                     /note="pBR322 origin, forward primer"
     LTR             7140..7609
                     /note="long terminal repeat from Moloney murine leukemia 
                     virus"
     CDS             complement(7724..8584)
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="bla"
                     /product="beta-lactamase"
                     /label=AmpR
                     /note="confers resistance to ampicillin, carbenicillin, and
                     related antibiotics"
                     /translation="MSIQHFRVALIPFFAAFCLPVFAHPETLVKVKDAEDQLGARVGYI
                     ELDLNSGKILESFRPEERFPMMSTFKVLLCGAVLSRIDAGQEQLGRRIHYSQNDLVEYS
                     PVTEKHLTDGMTVRELCSAAITMSDNTAANLLLTTIGGPKELTAFLHNMGDHVTRLDRW
                     EPELNEAIPNDERDTTMPVAMATTLRKLLTGELLTLASRQQLIDWMEADKVAGPLLRSA
                     LPAGWFIADKSGAGERGSRGIIAALGPDGKPSRIVVIYTTGSQATMDERNRQIAEIGAS
                     LIKHW"
     primer_bind     8347..8366
                     /label=Amp-R
                     /note="Ampicillin resistance gene, reverse primer"
     promoter        complement(8585..8689)
                     /gene="bla"
                     /label=AmpR promoter