Genetic Characterization of Transactivation of the Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Promoter: Binding of Tax to Tax-Responsive Element 1 Is Mediated by the Cyclic AMP-Responsive Members of the CREB/ATF Family of Transcription Factors

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