A cytomegaloviral protein reveals a dual role for STAT2 in IFN-γ signaling and antiviral responses

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1543-1553

  Zimmermann, Albert ^a   Trilling, Mirko ^b   Wagner, Markus ^c   Wilborn, Manuel ^b   Bubic, Ivan ^d   Jonjic, Stipan ^d   Koszinowski, Ulrich ^c   Hengel, Hartmut ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; BETA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65; GAMMA INTERFERON; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STAT2 PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FIBROBLAST; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; M27 GENE; MCMV GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; INTERFERONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUROMEGALOVIRUS; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 19344375679     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20041401     Document Type: Article

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