Varicella-zoster virus IE63, a major viral latency protein, is required to inhibit the alpha interferon-induced antiviral response

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 7844-7851

  Ambagala, Aruna P N ^a   Cohen, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENE PRODUCT; INITIATION FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN IE63;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE DELETION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SENSORY GANGLION; SKIN GRAFT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; OPEN READING FRAMES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS LATENCY;

EUKARYOTA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; RODENTIA;

EID: 34547137632     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00325-07     Document Type: Article

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