The herpesvirus saimiri Rta gene autostimulates via binding to a non-consensus response element

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 581-587

  Walters, Matthew S ^a,b   Hall, Kersten T ^a   Whitehouse, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HERPES VIRUS SAIMIRI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

CELL LINE; HERPESVIRUS 2, SAIMIRIINE; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HERPESVIRIDAE; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRIINE HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 14744296095     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80723-0     Document Type: Article

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