Microbial Biofilms: Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 First in Line for Viral Biofilm but Far Behind Bacterial Biofilms

Microbial Biofilms: Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 First in Line for Viral Biofilm but Far Behind Bacterial Biofilms

Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus associated with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). To date, it is the unique published example of a virus able to form a biofilm at the surface of infected cells. Deeply stud...

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Main Authors: Yousef Maali, Chloé Journo, Renaud Mahieux, Hélène Dutartre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
human T-cell leukemia virus type 1
viral biofilm
extracellular matrix
cell-cell transmission
pathogenesis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.02041/full

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