Transcription factor Sp1 mediates cell-specific trans-activation of the human cytomegalovirus DNA polymerase gene promoter by immediate-early protein IE86 in glioblastoma U373MG cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 236-244

  Wu, Jun ^a,b   O'Neill, Joseph ^a   Barbosa, Miguel S ^a  

^a Signal Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^b CELGENE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0031984537     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.1.236-244.1998     Document Type: Article

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