Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus can be triggered by an Rta protein mutated at the nuclear localization signal

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 317-322

  Hsu, Tsuey Ying ^a   Chang, Yao ^a   Wang, Pei Wen ^a   Liu, Mei Ying ^b   Chen, Mei Ru ^a   Chen, Jen Yang ^a,c   Tsai, Ching Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; PROTEIN RTA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 13644269953     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80556-0     Document Type: Article

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