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J Virol, May 1998, p. 4458-4462, Vol. 72, No. 5
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 pX-I and pX-II Open Reading
Frames Are Dispensable for the Immortalization of Primary
Lymphocytes
Michael D.
Robek,
Fen-Hwa
Wong,
and
Lee
Ratner*
Departments of Medicine, Pathology, and
Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine,
St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Received 16 July 1997/Accepted 11 February 1998
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infects and transforms
CD4+ T-lymphocytes both in vivo and in vitro. Although the
Tax protein of HTLV-1 has been strongly implicated as a transforming
agent, other virally encoded proteins may also play a role
in the transformation process. In addition to the rex and
tax genes, the pX region of the HTLV-1 genome contains two
open reading frames (pX-I and pX-II) which encode the putative viral
accessory proteins known as p12I, p30II, and
p13II. Mutations in the ACH molecular clone of HTLV-1 that
are predicted to abrogate the expression of p12I,
p13II and p30II were constructed. These
mutations had no effect on viral replication or the
immortalization of primary lymphocytes. Although these proteins are dispensable for viral replication and immortalization in vitro, it remains possible that they alter infection in vivo.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: Box 8069, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110. Phone: (314) 362-8836. Fax: (314) 747-2797. E-mail:
lratner{at}imgate.wustl.edu.

Present address: Department of Medical Research, Veterans General
Hospital, Shin-pai Taipei, Taiwan.
J Virol, May 1998, p. 4458-4462, Vol. 72, No. 5
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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