E box motifs as mediators of proviral latency of human retroviruses
<p>Abstract</p> <p>The palindromic sequence motifs (CANNTG) known as E boxes are considered as binding sites for the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) class of DNA-binding proteins. Their presence has been reported in the long terminal repeats (LTR) of the HIV-1 and HTLV-1 proviruses....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-09-01
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| Series: | Retrovirology |
| Online Access: | http://www.retrovirology.com/content/6/1/81 |