HTLVTax: A fascinating multifunctional co-regulator of viral and cellular pathways

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Currer, Robert ^a   Van Duyne, Rachel ^a,b   Jaworski, Elizabeth ^a   Guendel, Irene ^a   Sampey, Gavin ^a   Das, Ravi ^a   Narayanan, Aarthi ^a   Kashanchi, Fatah ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HTLV 1; Post translational modification; Tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875828756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00406     Document Type: Review

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