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ArticleVirology2011

The HTLV-1 hbz antisense gene indirectly promotes tax expression via down-regulation of p30(II) mRNA.

Gunjan Choudhary, Lee Ratner

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Article in Virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Mechanisms of Oncogenesis by HTLV-1 Tax.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gunjan ChoudharyDivision of Molecular Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Lee Ratner
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Role of Inflammation in Tax-mediated TumorigenesisP01CA100730 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Malachi Griffith · 2003 to 2026
$44.8M
WU-MDACC Inter-Institutional Molecular Imaging CenterP50CA094056 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KOPAN, RAPHAEL · 2002 to 2016
$26.3M
PROLIFERATIVE EFFECTS OF HTLV1R01CA063417 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RATNER, LEE · 1995 to 2017
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS CA10073NCI NIH HHS CA63417NCI NIH HHS CA94056NCI NIH HHS P01 CA100730NCI NIH HHS P50 CA094056NCI NIH HHS R01 CA063417
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) basic leucine zipper factor (HBZ) is transcribed from the antisense genomic DNA strand and functions differently in its RNA and protein forms. To distinguish between the roles of hbz mRNA and HBZ protein, we generated mutants in a proviral clone that specifically disrupt the hbz gene product. A proviral clone with a splice acceptor mutation that disrupts expression of the predominant hbz mRNA resulted in lower levels of tax mRNA. Heterologous hbz expression restored Tax activity in cells expressing this mutant clone. In contrast, proviral mutants that disrupt HBZ protein did not affect levels of tax mRNA. Expression of hbz resulted in lower levels of p30(II) mRNA. Mutation of p30(II) overcame the effects of the splice acceptor mutation of hbz, and restored tax expression. Thus, there is a complex interplay of viral regulatory proteins controlling levels of HTLV-1 gene expression.

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Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCell LineGene Expression Regulation, ViralGene Knockout TechniquesGene Products, taxGenetic Complementation TestHumansHuman T-lymphotropic virus 1ProvirusesRetroviridae ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralTranscription, GeneticViral ProteinsBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsGene Products, taxHBZ protein, human T-cell leukemia virus type IRetroviridae ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Viraltax protein, Human T-lymphotrophic virus 1tof protein, Human T-lymphotropic virus 1Viral Proteins

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PMID21176937
PMCPMC3034254
OpenAlexW2005053424

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