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Frequency of p12K and p12R alleles of HTLV Type 1 in HAM/TSP patients and in asymptomatic HTLV type 1 carriers.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Sept 2002
Martins M L, Soares B C, Ribas J G, Thorun G W, Johnson J, Kroon E G, Carneiro-Prioetti A B, Bonjardim C A
Abstract excerpt
HTLV-1 has a complex genome, and contains four open reading frames (ORFs) in the 3' region encoding viral and cellular regulatory proteins. p12 is a small, ORF I-encoded hydrophobic protein, the function of which is not well understood. It has been shown that p12 enhances the E5-transforming ability of bovine papillomavirus; and binds to the 16-kDa subunit of the vacuolar ATPase pump, immature forms of the beta...
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