Comparative studies between HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 function and pathobiology

• Autor principal: Francoise Bex (auth)
• Outros Autores: Umberto Bertazzoni (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Colecção: Frontiers Research Topics
• Assuntos: Microbiology (non-medical); Proteins; Co-infection; Expression; HTLV-1; HTLV-2
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Human T-cell leukemia viruses type 1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) share a common genetic organization, expression strategy and ability to infect and immortalize T-cells in vitro; however, HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 are strikingly different in terms of clinical impact. HTLV-1 is recognized as the aetiological ag...