Definition: 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.
Other names tax Protein; tax Gene Products; p40(tax); Trans-Activator Protein p40(x); Trans-Activator Protein p40(tax); tax Gene Product; pX, Trans-Activator Protein; p40x, Transforming Antigen; p40x, Trans-Activator Protein; Trans Activator Protein pX; Trans Activator Protein p40x; Antigen p40x, Transforming; p40 tax; Transforming Antigen p40x; Transactivator p40(tax); Transactivator Protein p40(x); Trans-Activator Protein pX; Trans-Activator Protein p40x; Trans-Activator Protein p40(lor); Gene Product, tax