Review
The HTLV-1 Tax interactome
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* Corresponding author: Luc Willems willems.l@fsagx.ac.be
University Academia Wallonie-Europe, Molecular and Cellular Biology at FUSAGx, Gembloux, Belgium
Retrovirology 2008, 5:76 doi:10.1186/1742-4690-5-76
Published: 14 August 2008Abstract
The Tax1 oncoprotein encoded by Human T-lymphotropic virus type I is a major determinant of viral persistence and pathogenesis. Tax1 affects a wide variety of cellular signalling pathways leading to transcriptional activation, proliferation and ultimately transformation. To carry out these functions, Tax1 interacts with and modulates activity of a number of cellular proteins. In this review, we summarize the present knowledge of the Tax1 interactome and propose a rationale for the broad range of cellular proteins identified so far.