A mutant form of the Tax protein of bovine leukemia virus (BLV), with enhanced transactivation activity, increases expression and propagation of BLV in vitro but not in vivo

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1894-1903

  Tajima, Shigeru ^a   Takahashi, Masahiko ^a,b   Takeshima, Shin nosuke ^a   Konnai, Satoru ^a,c   Yin, Shan Ai ^d   Watarai, Shinobu ^e   Tana, ^e   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^b   Onuma, Misao ^c   Okada, Kosuke ^d   Aida, Yoko ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; TAX PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; LYMPHOMA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; MUTATION; RNA, VIRAL; SHEEP; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0037301417     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.3.1894-1903.2003     Document Type: Article

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