The transcription elongation factor ELL2 is specifically upregulated in HTLV-1-infected T-cells and is dependent on the viral oncoprotein tax

Virology

Volumn 464-465, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-110

  Mann, Melanie C ^a   Strobel, Sarah ^a   Fleckenstein, Bernhard ^a   Kress, Andrea K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ELL2; HTLV 1; Human T cell leukemia virus type 1; Tax; Transcription elongation factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TAX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR ELL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ELL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TAX PROTEIN, HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPHIC VIRUS 1;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSACTIVATION; UPREGULATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIROLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84904744585     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.06.028     Document Type: Article

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