Cellular transformation by the HTLV-I Tax protein, a jack-of-all-trades

ML Gatza, JC Watt, SJ Marriott - Oncogene, 2003 - nature.com
The human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is an oncogenic retrovirus that is
responsible for adult T-cell leukemia and a neurological disease, HTLV-I-associated …

Impact of HTLV-I Tax on cell cycle progression and the cellular DNA damage repair response

SJ Marriott, OJ Semmes - Oncogene, 2005 - nature.com
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is the etiologic agent of adult T-cell leukemia
(ATL), a rapidly progressing, clonal malignancy of CD4+ T lymphocytes. Fewer than one in …

Human T-cell leukemia virus-I tax oncoprotein functionally targets a subnuclear complex involved in cellular DNA damage-response

A Haoudi, RC Daniels, E Wong, G Kupfer… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
The virally encoded oncoprotein Tax has been implicated in HTLV-1-mediated cellular
transformation. The exact mechanism by which this protein contributes to the oncogenic …

Genomic instability driven by the human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) oncoprotein, Tax

FJ Lemoine, SJ Marriott - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
The importance of maintaining genomic stability is evidenced by the fact that transformed
cells often contain a variety of chromosomal abnormalities such as euploidy, translocations …

Role of Tax protein in human T-cell leukemia virus type-I leukemogenicity

I Azran, Y Schavinsky-Khrapunsky, M Aboud - Retrovirology, 2004 - Springer
HTLV-1 is the etiological agent of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), the neurological syndrome
TSP/HAM and certain other clinical disorders. The viral Tax protein is considered to play a …

[HTML][HTML] HTLV-I Tax-mediated inactivation of cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair pathways contribute to cellular transformation:“a random mutagenesis model”

C Nicot - Journal of cancer sciences, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To achieve cellular transformation, most oncogenic retroviruses use transduction by proto-
oncogene capture or insertional mutagenesis, whereby provirus integration disrupts …

HTLV-1 Tax: linking transformation, DNA damage and apoptotic T-cell death

K Chlichlia, K Khazaie - Chemico-biological interactions, 2010 - Elsevier
The human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of adult T-cell
leukemia (ATL), an aggressive CD4-positive T-cell neoplasia. The HTLV-1 proto-oncogene …

HTLV-I Tax and cell cycle progression

C Neuveut, KT Jeang - Progress in cell cycle research, 1998 - Springer
Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is the etiological agent for adult T-cell leukemia
(ATL) and various human myopathies/neuropathies. HTLV-I encodes a 40 kDa …

Molecular mechanisms of cellular transformation by HTLV-1 Tax

R Grassmann, M Aboud, KT Jeang - Oncogene, 2005 - nature.com
The HTLV Tax protein is crucial for viral replication and for initiating malignant
transformation leading to the development of adult T-cell leukemia. Tax has been shown to …

HTLV-1 Tax oncoprotein subverts the cellular DNA damage response via binding to DNA-dependent protein kinase

SS Durkin, X Guo, KA Fryrear, VT Mihaylova… - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
Human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 is the causative agent for adult T-cell leukemia. Previous
research has established that the viral oncoprotein Tax mediates the transformation process …