Human herpesvirus 8 encodes a homolog of interleukin-6

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 839-842

  Neipel, Frank ^a   Albrecht, Jens Christian ^a   Ensser, Armin ^a   Huang, Yao Q I ^b   Jian Jun, L I ^b   Friedman Kien, Alvin E ^b   Fleckenstein, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; VIRUS DNA;

ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0031060368     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.1.839-842.1997     Document Type: Article

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