Human T-cell leukemia virus type 2 antisense viral protein 2 is dispensable for in vitro immortalization but functions to repress early virus replication in vivo

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 8412-8421

  Yin, Han ^a   Kannian, Priya ^a   Dissinger, Nathan ^a   Haines, Robyn ^a   Niewiesk, Stefan ^a,b   Greena, Patrick L ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN VP2; TAX PROTEIN; ZETA GLOBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RABBIT; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; RABBITS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84865094142     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00717-12     Document Type: Article

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