Maedi-visna virus and caprine arthritis encephalitis virus genomes encode a Vpr-like but no Tat protein.
Villet S, Bouzar BA, Morin T, Verdier G, Legras C, Chebloune Y.
Villet S, et al.
J Virol. 2003 Sep;77(17):9632-8. doi: 10.1128/jvi.77.17.9632-9638.2003.
J Virol. 2003.
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The encoded "Tat" protein was ascribed the function of up regulation of the viral transcription from the long terminal repeat (LTR) promoter, but we have recently reported that MVV and CAEV Tat proteins lack trans-activation function activity under physiological conditions (S …
The encoded "Tat" protein was ascribed the function of up regulation of the viral transcription from the long terminal repeat (LTR) promoter …