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Tax-dependent displacement of nucleosomes during transcriptional activation of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 May 2006
Lemasson Isabelle, Polakowski Nicholas J, Laybourn Paul J, Nyborg Jennifer K
Abstract excerpt
The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is integrated into the host cell DNA and assembled into nucleosomes. Within the repressive chromatin environment, the virally encoded Tax protein mediates the recruitment of the coactivators CREB-binding protein/p300 to the HTLV-1 promoter, located within the long terminal repeats (LTRs) of the provirus. These proteins carry acetyltransferase activity that is...
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