Ultrastructural Localization of BHRF1: An Epstein-Barr Virus Gene Product Which Has Homology with bcl-2

Cancer Research

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 2808-2811

  Hickish, Tamas ^a   Robertson, David ^a   Clarke, Paul ^a   Hill, Mark ^a   di Stefano, Francesca ^b   Clarke, Catherine ^c   Cunningham, David ^d  

^a CRC Section of Medicine and Department of Cell Biology and Experimental Pathology ^*

^b Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CELL LINE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0028229008     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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