Identification of herpes simplex virus type 1 latency-associated transcript sequences that both inhibit apoptosis and enhance the spontaneous reactivation phenotype

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6556-6561

  Jin, Ling ^a   Peng, Weiping ^b   Perng, Guey Chuen ^a   Brick, David J ^a   Nesburn, Anthony B ^a   Jones, Clinton ^b   Wechsler, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 9; GENE PRODUCT; LAT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INFECTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 0037688165     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.11.6556-6561.2003     Document Type: Article

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