Mechanism of interferon action: Identification of essential positions within the novel 15-base-pair KCS element required for transcriptional activation of the RNA-dependent protein kinase pkr gene

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 9934-9939

  Kuhen, Kelli L ^a,b   Vessey, Jill W ^a   Samuel, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOKINE; PROTEIN KINASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031797452     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.12.9934-9939.1998     Document Type: Article

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