Characterization of the CBF2 binding site within the epstein-barr virus latency C promoter and its role in modulating EBNA2-mediated transactivation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 693-700

  Fuentes Pananá, Ezequiel M ^a   Ling, Paul D ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 0031975771     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.1.693-700.1998     Document Type: Article

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