The HIV-1 Tat protein promotes viral transcription elongation by recruiting P-TEFb to RNA element TAR on the viral mRNA. Recent work from D'Orso and Frankel uncovers unexpected aspects of this ...
A new study led by Western researchers is the first to identify a factor that could influence how fast the pocket where human ...
The major focus of our research is on the HIV Tat protein, which is essential for HIV transcription, and on two cellular factors, cyclin T1 and Cdk9, which are necessary for Tat function. We are ...