HIVCellularPathogenesisIIBenhurLee,M
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Tat:TransactivatorofHIV’sLTRPromoter•ExperimentalObservations:–BindingofTattoTARinvitrodoesNOTrequireloopsequencesknowntobenecessaryinvivoforfunction–Pre-incubationofnuclearextractswithrecombinantTatdepletesafactornecessaryforTat-mediatedtranscriptioninvitro–Tatfunctionspoorlyinrodentcellsunlesscomplementedbyfactor(s)presentonChromosome12(radiationhybrids)–TatassociateswithakinasecomplexthathyperphosphorylatesCTDofRNAPII(identifiedthruaninvitrodrugscreenforTatinhibitors)--thiskinaseisCdk9,butCdk9doesNOTbindTat
–Mysteryhuman-specificco-factorforTatactivitymu