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SUBMITTER: Dorn P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC249297 | biostudies-other | 1990 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of virology 19900401 4
Equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) contains a tat gene which is closely related to the trans-activator genes of the human and simian immunodeficiency viruses. Nucleotide sequence analysis of EIAV cDNA clones revealed that the tat mRNA is composed of three exons; the first two encode Tat and the third may encode a Rev protein. Interestingly, EIAV Tat translation is initiated at a non-AUG codon in exon 1 of the mRNA, perhaps allowing an additional level of gene regulation. The deduced amino aci ...[more]