Expression of intracellular interferon constitutively activates ISGF3 and confers resistance to EMC viral infection

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 507-510

  Rutherford, Michael N ^a,e   Kumar, Aseem ^a,b   Coulombe, Benoit ^c   Skup, Daniel ^c   Carver, David H ^d   Williams, Bryan R G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Institut du Cancer de Montreal   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; GENE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0029838412     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.1996.16.507     Document Type: Article

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