HTLV-1 contains a high CG dinucleotide content and is susceptible to the host antiviral protein ZAP
Abstract Background Human T cell leukaemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus associated with human diseases such as adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma and HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. In contrast to another human retrovirus, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1),...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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Series: | Retrovirology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12977-019-0500-3 |