Transcriptional activation signals found in the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latency C promoter are conserved in the latency C promoter are conserved in the latency C promoter sequences from Baboon and Rhesus monkey EBV-like lymphocryptoviruses (Cercopithicine Herpesviruses 12 and 15)

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 826-833

  Fuentes Pananá, Ezequiel M ^a   Swaminathan, Sankar ^b   Ling, Paul D ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABOON; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHESUS MONKEY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0032889456     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.1.826-833.1999     Document Type: Article

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