HTLV-1 Rex: the courier of viral messages making use of the host vehicle
The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus causing an aggressive T-cell malignancy, adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). Although HTLV-1 has a compact RNA genome, it has evolved elaborate mechanisms to maximize its coding potential. The structural proteins Gag, Pro, and Pol are encoded...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Research Foundation
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434621/ |