The A2L intermediate gene product is required for in vitro transcription from a vaccinia virus late promoter

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 327-331

  Hubbs, Alan E ^a   Wright, Cynthia F ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GENE PRODUCT; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HELA CELLS; HUMAN; HYDROXYUREA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0029656108     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.1.327-331.1996     Document Type: Article

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