A rhesus macaque rhadinovirus related to Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8 encodes a functional homologue of interleukin-6

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 6177-6181

  Kaleeba, Johnan A R ^a,b   Bergquam, Eric P ^a   Wong, Scott W ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0033030067     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.7.6177-6181.1999     Document Type: Article

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