Functional comparison of antisense proteins of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 in viral pathogenesis

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Barbeau, Benoit ^a   Peloponese, Jean Marie ^b,c   Mesnard, Jean Miche ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antisense transcription; APH 2; HBZ; HTLV 1; HTLV 2

Indexed keywords

APH 2 PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TAX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER MOTIF; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

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

EID: 84884235458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00226     Document Type: Review

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