Retroviral latency /
Laughlin, Mark A.,1953-
Pomerantz, Roger J.,1957-
Austin, Tex. : R.G. Landes,
1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 102]-159) and index.
Overview of retrovirology -- History of retroviruses -- Phylogeny and taxonomy of retroviruses -- Retroviral latency -- Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) -- Evidence that HIV-1 latency exists at the cellular level -- Elements of viral genome structure contributing to viral gene expression -- Tat -- Tat protein -- Tat: TAR and the cellular protein connections -- Rev -- Rev protein -- Rev: RRE and cellular co-factors -- Long terminal repeat (LTR) -- Sp-1 binding sites -- TATA box and initiator elements.
Nuclear factor-Kappa B (NF-kB) and the HIV-1 enhancer -- Negative regulatory element -- TAR element DNA -- Co-pathogens and HIV-1 gene expression -- Retroviral latency -- Hypothetical model of HIV-1 pathogenesis -- Host determinants of retroviral gene expression -- Nucleosomes and transcriptional potential -- Nucleosomal organization and retroviral LTRs -- Mouse mammary tumor virus -- HIV-1 LTR -- Yeast PHO5 and GAL gene regulation -- Dynamics of chromatin structure -- Matrix attachment regions (MAR/SAR) -- Topoisomerase activity.
Other human and non-human primate retroviruses -- Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) -- Simian immunodeficiency virus(es) -- SIVagm -- SIVcpz -- SIVsm/mac -- Human T-cell leukemia viruses -- Human spumaretrovirus(es) (HSRV).
Retroviruses
Gene expression.