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Abstract
The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was the first retrovirus discovered to be causative of a human cancer, adult T-cell leukemia. The transforming entity of HTLV-1 has been attributed to the virally-encoded oncoprotein, Tax. Unlike the v-onc proteins encoded by other oncogenic animal retroviruses that transform cells, Tax does not originate from a c-onc counterpart. In this article, we review progress in our understanding of HTLV-1 infectivity, cellular transformation, anti-sense transcription and therapy, 30 years after the original discovery of this virus.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21119600 PMCID: PMC3413891 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.537
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oncogene ISSN: 0950-9232 Impact factor: 9.867