Search for dissertations about: "Wei Tan"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Wei Tan.

  2. 1. Posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression in retroviruses and human papillomaviruses

    Author : Wei Tan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : CTE; EIAV; HIV- 1; HPV; Rev; RRE; splice site; SRV- 1; 3 UTR Stockholm 1996 Doctoral Thesis;

    Abstract : Human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) is the prototype of complex retroviruses, whereas human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are nonenveloped, cricular double-stranded DNA viruses. The HIV-1 Rev protein is a posttranscriptional regulator, which acts on its target RNA sequence termed the Rev-responsive element (RRE) to facilitate nuclear export of unspliced and partially spliced HIV-1 mRNAs, and to improve their stability and translatability. READ MORE