Expression of the human endogenous retrovirus HTDV/HERV-K is enhanced by cellular transcription factor YY1

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1254-1261

  Knössl, Michael ^a   Löwer, Roswitha ^a   Löwer, Johannes ^a  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HELA CELL; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032901994     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.2.1254-1261.1999     Document Type: Article

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