HTLV-1 Hbz protein, but not hbz mRNA secondary structure, is critical for viral persistence and disease development

• Victoria Maksimova,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States

  ⨯
• Tasha Wilkie,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States

  ⨯
• Susan Smith,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States

  ⨯
• Cameron Phelps,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States

  ⨯
• Corrine Melvin,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States

  ⨯
• Lianbo Yu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States

  ⨯
• Stefan Niewiesk,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States

  ⨯
• Patrick L. Green,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States

  ⨯
• Amanda R. Panfil

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: panfil.6@osu.edu

  Affiliations Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8603-3705

  ⨯