Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Intragenic recruitment of NF-κB drives splicing modifications upon activation by the oncogene Tax of HTLV-1

  • Lamya Ben Ameur,
  • Paul Marie,
  • Morgan Thenoz,
  • Guillaume Giraud,
  • Emmanuel Combe,
  • Jean-Baptiste Claude,
  • Sebastien Lemaire,
  • Nicolas Fontrodona,
  • Hélène Polveche,
  • Marine Bastien,
  • Antoine Gessain,
  • Eric Wattel,
  • Cyril F. Bourgeois,
  • Didier Auboeuf,
  • Franck Mortreux

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16853-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The nuclear factors κB (NF-κB) is a transcription factor involved in immune functions, inflammation, and cancer. Here, the authors show that the NF-κB factor RELA regulates splicing of target genes by recruiting DDX17 on chromatin upon expression of the viral oncogene Tax.