HTLV-1 and HTLV-2: Highly similar viruses with distinct oncogenic properties

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Ciminale, Vincenzo ^a   Rende, Francesca ^a   Bertazzoni, Umberto ^b   Romanelli, Maria G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

APH2; Clonality; HBZ; HTLV; Rex; Tax

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

CLONAL VARIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OPEN READING FRAME; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR VIRUS; UBIQUITINATION; VIRAL TROPISM;

EID: 84905163980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00398     Document Type: Review

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