Comparative functional characterization of the feline foamy virus transactivator reveals its species specificity

Virology

Volumn 318, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-36

  Bodem, Jochen ^a,c   Kang, Yibin ^b,d   Flügel, Rolf M ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bel1 transactivator; Cat foamy virus; Spumavirus

Indexed keywords

TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPUMA VIRUS; TRANSACTIVATION;

FELIDAE; FELINE FOAMY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; HUMAN SPUMARETROVIRUS; PRIMATES; SPUMAVIRUS;

EID: 1242297020     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.09.039     Document Type: Article

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