Evidence for a bidirectional element located downstream from the herpes simplex virus type 1 latency-associated promoter that increases its activity during latency

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 3613-3622

  Berthomme, Herve ^a,c   Lokensgard, James ^a   Yang, Li ^b   Margolis, Todd ^b   Feldman, Lawrence T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT PERIOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRONS; MICE; NEURONS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; VERO CELLS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 0034069262     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.8.3613-3622.2000     Document Type: Article

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