Making sense out of antisense transcription in human T-cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLVs)

Viruses

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 456-468

  Barbeau, Benoit ^a   Mesnard, Jean Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University of Montpellier I and II   (France)

Author keywords

Antisense transcription; Chronic infection; Hbz; Htlv; Ltr

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUNB;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 4; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE 4; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2;

EID: 79957876111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v3050456     Document Type: Review

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