The BRRF1 Early Gene of Epstein-Barr Virus Encodes a Transcription Factor That Enhances Induction of Lytic Infection by BRLF1

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4983-4992

  Hong, Gregory K ^a   Delecluse, Henri Jacques ^b   Gruffat, Henri ^c   Morrison, Thomas E ^a   Feng, Wen Hai ^a   Sergeant, Alain ^c   Kenney, Shannon C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN BZLF1; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN BRLF1; PROTEIN BRRF1; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN NA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HELA CELLS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 2342520167     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.10.4983-4992.2004     Document Type: Article

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