The human cytomegalovirus major immediate-early distal enhancer region is required for efficient viral replication and immediate-early gene expression

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1602-1613

  Meier, Jeffery L ^a   Pruessner, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; FIBROBLAST; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PLAQUE ASSAY; RNA, VIRAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033920051     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.4.1602-1613.2000     Document Type: Article

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