Hostile takeovers: viral appropriation of the NF-kB pathway

John Hiscott, Hakju Kwon, and Pierre Génin

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HTLV-1 Tax-mediated activation of NF-kB

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Regulation of NF-kB activity in other viral systems

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NF-kB and apoptotis

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