ROLE OF HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA-VIRUS TYPE-1 X-REGION PROTEINS IN IMMORTALIZATION OF PRIMARY HUMAN-LYMPHOCYTES IN CULTURE

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GRASSMANN, R [1 ]
BERCHTOLD, S [1 ]
RADANT, I [1 ]
ALT, M [1 ]
FLECKENSTEIN, B [1 ]
SODROSKI, JG [1 ]
HASELTINE, WA [1 ]
RAMSTEDT, U [1 ]
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[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DANA FARBER CANC INST,DIV HUMAN RETROVIROL,BOSTON,MA 02115
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10.1128/JVI.66.7.4570-4575.1992
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) immortalizes human CD4+ T lymphocytes in culture. Previous studies show that in the context of a herpesvirus saimiri vector, the sequence of the X region at the 3' end of the HTLV-1 genome is also capable of immortalizing CD4+ lymphocytes in the absence of HTLV-1 structural proteins. The X region of HTLV-1 encodes two trans-acting viral proteins, the 42-kDa Tax protein and the 27-kDa Rex protein. Infection of human cord blood cells with herpesvirus saimiri recombinants which contain HTLV-1 X region sequences defective for expression of tax, rex, or both tax and rex demonstrates that tax function is necessary and sufficient for immortalization of primary human CD4+ cord blood lymphocytes in culture in the context of the herpesvirus saimiri vector.
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页码:4570 / 4575
页数:6
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