Transcriptional trans-acting proteins of the promoter elements found in the long terminal repeats (LTR) of HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1 and HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2. The tax (trans-activator x; x is undefined) proteins act by binding to enhancer elements in the LTR.
Also Known As:
tax Gene Product; Gene Products, tax; Gene Product, tax; Trans-Activator Protein p40(lor); Trans-Activator Protein p40x; Trans-Activator Protein pX; Transactivator Protein p40(x); Transactivator p40(tax); Transforming Antigen p40x; p40 tax; Antigen p40x, Transforming; Trans Activator Protein p40x; Trans Activator Protein pX; p40x, Trans-Activator Protein; p40x, Transforming Antigen; pX, Trans-Activator Protein; Trans-Activator Protein p40(tax); Trans-Activator Protein p40(x); p40(tax); tax Protein