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The nuclear import of the human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1) tax protein is carrier- and energy-independent.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 4 May 2007
Tsuji Takahiro, Sheehy Noreen, Gautier Virginie W, Hayakawa Hitoshi, Sawa Hirofumi, Hall William W
Abstract excerpt
HTLV-1 is the etiologic agent of the adult T cell leukemialymphoma (ATLL). The viral regulatory protein Tax plays a central role in leukemogenesis as a transcriptional transactivator of both viral and cellular gene expression, and this requires Tax activity in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus. In the present study, we have investigated the mechanisms involved in the nuclear localization of Tax. Employing a GFP...
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