title: HTLV-1 structural proteins.
abstract: HTLV-1 structural proteins do not appear to ensure virus transmission as efficiently as most other retrovirus structural proteins do, whereas all other retroviruses can be transmitted via either free virions or cell-to-cell contacts, infection by HTLV-1 by free virions is very inefficient, and effective infection requires the presence of HTLV-1 infected cells. This characteristic feature of HTLV-1 provides a unique tool which can be used to analyse retrovirus cellular transmission in the absence of simultaneous cell-free infection. Here we summarise what is known about HTLV-1 structural proteins and identify the questions about these proteins which remain to be answered.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U332, Institut Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire, 22 Rue Méchain, 75014, Paris, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Le Blanc
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Grange
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delamarre
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Blot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pique
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dokhélar
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000821:virology; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D015683:Gene Products, gag; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins