A research team from Kumamoto University has made a new discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) silently persists in the body. Their finding potentially lays the ...
HTLV-1 uses a silencer region and the RUNX protein complex to suppress its gene activity and stay hidden in the body. In contrast, HIV-1 lacks this mechanism, leading to active virus production and ...