Biophysical analysis of natural variants of the multimerization region of Epstein-Barr virus lytic-switch protein BZLF1

Journal of Virology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 5381-5384

  Hicks, Matthew R ^a   Balesaria, Sara ^a   Medina Palazon, Cahora ^a   Pandya, Maya J ^a   Woolfson, Derek N ^a   Sinclair, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0035038931     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.11.5381-5384.2001     Document Type: Article

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