| Literature DB >> 2834826 |
J D Rosenblatt1, A J Cann, D J Slamon, I S Smalberg, N P Shah, J Fujii, W Wachsman, I S Chen.
Abstract
The human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) types I and II have two nonstructural genes that are encoded in overlapping reading frames. One of these genes, known as tax, has been shown to encode a protein responsible for enhanced transcription (transactivation) from the viral long terminal repeats (LTRs). Genetic evidence indicates that the second nonstructural gene of HTLV-II, here designated rex, acts in trans to modulate tax gene-mediated transactivation in a concentration-dependent fashion. The rex gene may regulate the process of transactivation during the viral life cycle.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2834826 DOI: 10.1126/science.2834826
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728