Transactivation of adenovirus E2-early promoter by E1A and E4 6/7 in the context of viral chromosome

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 736-746

  Swaminathan, Sathyamangalam ^a   Thimmapaya, Bayar ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; E2 promoter; Gene therapy; Transactivation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EARLY RESPONSE GENE; EMBRYO; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MUTANT;

EID: 0029921423     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0283     Document Type: Article

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