The superantigen-homologous viral immediate-early gene ie14/vsag in herpesvirus saimiri-transformed human T cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 9124-9133

  Knappe, Andrea ^a   Hiller, Christian ^a   Thurau, Mathias ^a   Wittmann, Sabine ^a   Hofmann, Heike ^a   Fleckenstein, Bernhard ^a   Fickenscher, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN 14 VSAG; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES VIRUS SAIMIRI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030785477     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.12.9124-9133.1997     Document Type: Article

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