Transcriptional activation by the human herpesvirus-8-encoded interferon regulatory factor

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2205-2209

  Roan, Florence ^a   Zimring, James C ^a   Goodbourn, Stephen ^b   Offermann, Margaret K ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 0032794288     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-8-2205     Document Type: Article

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