A cellular protein binds vaccinia virus late promoters and activates transcription in vitro

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 3893-3899

  Zhu, Min ^a   Moore, Trisha ^a   Broyles, Steven S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031958595     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.5.3893-3899.1998     Document Type: Article

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