OTK18, a zinc-finger protein, regulates human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat through two distinct

Masahide Horiba1,2, Lindsey B Martinez1,2, James L Buescher1,2

  • 1Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5880, USA.

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