Role of the interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) in virus-mediated signaling and regulation of cell growth

Biochimie

Volumn 80, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 651-658

  Pitha, Paula M ^a   Au, Wei C ^a   Lowther, William ^a   Juang, Yuang T ^a   Schafer, Susan L ^a   Burysek, Ladislaw ^a   Hiscott, John ^b   Moore, Paul A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IRFs; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 0032131490     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(99)80018-2     Document Type: Article

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