Identification and functional characterization of a high-affinity Bel-1 DNA binding site located in the human foamy virus internal promoter

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 504-511

  Kang, Yibin ^a   Blair, Wade S ^a,b   Cullen, Bryan R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPUMA VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; YEAST;

EID: 0031964528     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.1.504-511.1998     Document Type: Article

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