Novel perspectives on antisense transcription in HIV-1, HTLV-1, and HTLV-2

The genome of retroviruses contains two promoter elements (called long terminal repeat or LTR) at the 5′ and 3′ end of their genome. Although the expression of retroviral genes generally depends on the promoter located in the 5′ LTR, the 3′ LTR also has promoter activity responsible for producing an...

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Main Authors: Edward Lin, Amanda R. Panfil, Grace Sandel, Pooja Jain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1042761/full