A replication function associated with the activation domain of the Epstein-Barr virus Zta transactivator

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 8340-8347

  Sarisky, Robert T ^a   Gao, Zhigang ^a   Lieberman, Paul M ^b   Fixman, Elizabeth D ^a,c   Hayward, Gary S ^a   Hayward, S Diane ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029861946     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.12.8340-8347.1996     Document Type: Article

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