First brought to scientific attention as infectious cancer-causing agents nearly 80 years ago,
retroviruses are popular in contemporary biology for many reasons.(i) The virus life cycle …

Publisher Summary This chapter highlights NF-кB/Rel protein complex. Associations of the
binding and regulatory subunits of NF-кB operate at the center of a variety of different signal …

Health Psychology is essential reading for all students and researchers of health
psychology. Organized into four sections, the 6th edition is structured with a clear emphasis …

The complete nucleotide sequence of two human T-cell leukaemia type III (HTLV-III) proviral
DNAs each have four long open reading frames, the first two corresponding to the gag and …

The white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium degraded DDT [1, 1-bis (4-
chlorophenyl)-2, 2, 2-trichloroethane], 3, 4, 3′, 4′-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2, 4, 5, 2′,-4 …

Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), also known as cachectin, was demonstrated to
induce the expression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a chronically infected T-cell …

Expression of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) genome is greatly
dependent on the viral trans-activator protein Tat. Tat functions through the TAR element …

We developed a novel promoter system, designated SRα, which is composed of the simian
virus 40 (SV40) early promoter and the R segment and part of the U5 sequence (R-U5′) of …

The human T-cell lines MT-2 and MT-4 carry the human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I).
When MT-2 and MT-4 were infected with HTLV-III, the probable etiologic agent of the …

Antibodies from the serum of patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
or with the AIDS-related complex and from the serum of seropositive healthy homosexuals …