Chemicals and Drugs

tax Gene Products

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.

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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.

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20 entry terms
  • Gene Product, tax
  • Gene Products, tax
  • Trans-Activator Protein p40(lor)
  • Trans-Activator Protein p40(tax)
  • Trans-Activator Protein p40(x)
  • Trans-Activator Protein p40x
  • Trans-Activator Protein pX
  • Transactivator Protein p40(x)
  • Transactivator p40(tax)
  • Transforming Antigen p40x
  • p40 tax
  • p40(tax)
  • tax Protein
  • Antigen p40x, Transforming
  • Trans Activator Protein p40x
  • Trans Activator Protein pX
  • p40x, Trans-Activator Protein
  • p40x, Transforming Antigen
  • pX, Trans-Activator Protein
  • tax Gene Product

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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History Note

91; HTLV-I TRANS-ACTIVATOR PROTEIN, TRANS-ACTIVATOR PROTEIN P40(X), & TAX PROTEIN were see TRANS-ACTIVATORS 1990

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  • Trans-Activators (1990)
  • Transcription Factors (1986-1989)

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  3. D12.776w.964w.775.750w.480w
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  1. National Library of Medicine. tax Gene Products. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016356. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016356
  2. tax Gene Products. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_gene_product
  3. tax Gene Products. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7689437