Identification and characterization of an extended tax protein in human T- cell lymphotropic virus type II subtype b isolates

D. Pardi; J. E. Kaplan; J. E. Coligan; T. M. Folks; R. B. Lal

doi:10.1128/jvi.67.12.7663-7667.1993

Identification and characterization of an extended tax protein in human T- cell lymphotropic virus type II subtype b isolates

D. Pardi, J. E. Kaplan, J. E. Coligan, T. M. Folks, R. B. Lal

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The tax gene sequence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II isolate G12 (HTLV-II(G12)) was found to encode an extended Tax protein when compared with that of HTLV-II(MoT). In vitro transcription-translation of the HTLV- II(G12) tax gene produced a 40-kDa Tax protein that specifically reacted with serum specimens from HTLV-II-infected individuals. Limited sequence analysis demonstrated that isolates with an extended Tax protein were all HTLV-II subtype b (HTLV-IIb). Therefore, the extended Tax protein appears to be a unique characteristic of most HTLV-IIb isolates and may be useful in designing immunoassays to distinguish between HTLV-IIa and HTLV-IIb.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7663-7667
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of virology
Volume	67
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.67.12.7663-7667.1993
State	Published - 1993

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