Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax protein binds to assembled nuclear proteasomes and enhances their proteolytic activity.
The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax protein activates the HTLV-1 long terminal repeat and key regulatory proteins involved in inflammation, activation, and proliferation and may induce cell transformation. Tax is also the immunodominant target antigen for cytotoxic T cells in HTLV-1...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2001
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