A single 13-kilobase divergent locus in the Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (human herpesvirus 8) genome contains nine open reading frames that are homologous to or related to cellular proteins

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1963-1974

  Nicholas, John ^a   Ruvolo, Vivian ^a   Zong, Jianchao ^a   Ciufo, Dolores ^a   Guo, Hong Guang ^b   Reitz, Marvin S ^b   Hayward, Gary S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; GENE PRODUCT; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS SAIMIRI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0031048261     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.3.1963-1974.1997     Document Type: Article

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