Negative regulation of a heterologous promoter by human cytomegalovirus immediate-early protein IE2

Virology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 372-379

  Tsai, Hsiu Lan ^a,b   Kou, Guang Hsiung ^b   Tang, Fen Mei ^a   Wu, Cheng Wen ^a   Lin, Young Sun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0031585553     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8855     Document Type: Article

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