Transactivation of the interleukin-1 alpha promoter by human T-cell leukemia virus

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 421-433

  Mori, Naoki ^a,b   Prager, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukemia lymphoma; Human T cell leukemia virus Tax; Interleukin 1 ; NF B

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; REX PROTEIN; TAX PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0030687661     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199709050880     Document Type: Review

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