Meq and V-IL8: Cellular genes in disguise?

Acta Virologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 94-101

  Liu, J L ^a   Lin, S F ^a   Xia, L ^a   Brunovskis, P ^a   Li, D ^a   Davidson, I ^c   Lee, L F ^b   Kung, H J ^a,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bZIP; Chemokine; Herpesviral oncogene; IL 8; MDV; MEQ

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; DIMER; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HERPES VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; ONCOVIRINAE; RAT; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MAREK DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; AVES; DNA VIRUSES; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPETOVIRUS; MARDIVIRUS; ONCOVIRINAE;

EID: 0032996072     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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