Distinct functions of HTLV-1 Tax1 from HTLV-2 Tax2 contribute key roles to viral pathogenesis

Retrovirology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Higuchi, Masaya ^a   Fujii, Masahiro ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN 2; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PDZ PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN DLG1; PROTEIN KINASE B; SCRIBBLE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAX4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TAX PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SUMOYLATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UBIQUITINATION; VIROGENESIS; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T CELL LEUKEMIA; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, ADULT T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 74549180403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-117     Document Type: Review

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