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The human retroviruses HTLV-I (human T-cell leukemia virus) and HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus) code, in addition to a complete set of replicatory genes (gag, pol, and env), for several regulatory genes including the trans-activators tax and tat, respectively, both of which lead to high expression of viral gene products. The molecular mechanism underlying these events is, however, different for the two proteins.
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Lorenz, U., Beimling, P., Cao, J., Moelling, K. (1992). Analysis of Human Retroviral Regulatory Proteins Tax and Tat. In: Neth, R., Frolova, E., Gallo, R.C., Greaves, M.F., Afanasiev, B.V., Elstner, E. (eds) Modern Trends in Human Leukemia IX. Haematology and Blood Transfusion / Hämatologie und Bluttransfusion, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76829-3_35
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