An interferon regulatory factor binding site in the U5 region of the bovine leukemia virus long terminal repeat stimulates Tax-independent gene expression

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 5526-5534

  Kiermer, Véronique ^a,d   Van Lint, Carine ^a,b   Briclet, Delphine ^a   Vanhulle, Caroline ^a   Kettmann, Richard ^c   Verdin, Eric ^b,e   Burny, Arsène ^a,c   Droogmans, Louis ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b PICOWER INST FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GENE PRODUCT; TAX PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031747580     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.7.5526-5534.1998     Document Type: Article

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