Role of HTLV-1 orf-I encoded proteins in viral transmission and persistence

Retrovirology

Table 1 Variation in viral orf-I proteins

	Protein	mRNA	Size (aa)	References
HTLV-1A	p12/p8 ?	orf-I^a rex-orf-I^b	99 152	[44, 124]
HTLV-1B	?	?	?
HTLV-1C	p16	rex-orf-I^b	153	Our unpublished data
HTLV-2	p10 p11	rex-orf-I^b tax-orf-V^b	83 83	[91]
STLV-1	p12/p8	orf-I^a	86/91	[129]
STLV-3	p9	orf-I^a	79	[92]

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