The VP16 paradox: Herpes simplex virus VP16 contains a long-range activation domain but within the natural multiprotein complex activates only from promoter-proximal positions

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 5952-5962

  Hagmann, Michael ^a   Georgiev, Oleg ^a   Schaffner, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENHANCER REGION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0030806420     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.8.5952-5962.1997     Document Type: Article

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