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Dimerization and a novel Tax speckled structure localization signal are required for Tax nuclear localization.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2009
Fryrear Kimberly A, Durkin Sarah S, Gupta Saurabh K, Tiedebohl Jessica B, Semmes O John
Abstract excerpt
The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 oncoprotein Tax has pleiotropic activities, a subset of which likely leads to immortalization of T cells. Tax is expressed and known to function in both the cell nucleus and the cytoplasm. Tax has defined nuclear localization (NLS) and nuclear export signals that enable shuttling between the two compartments. In this study, we identified a novel region in Tax that targets...
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