Inhibition of human T-cell leukemia virus type 2 rex function by truncated forms of rex encoded in alternatively spliced mRNAs

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2810-2818

  Ciminale, Vincenzo ^a   Zotti, Lorenza ^a   D'Agostino, Donna M ^a   Chieco Bianchi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; REX PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIRUS INHIBITION;

EID: 0030897106     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.4.2810-2818.1997     Document Type: Article

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