CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein α Binds to the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) ZTA Protein through Oligomeric Interactions and Contributes to Cooperative Transcriptional Activation of the ZTA Promoter through Direct Binding to the ZII and ZIIIB Motifs during Induction of the EBV Lytic Cycle

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4847-4865

  Wu, Frederick Y ^a,b   Wang, Shizhen Emily ^b   Chen, Honglin ^b   Wang, Ling ^a   Hayward, S Diane ^a,b   Hayward, Gary S ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN BZLF1; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS LATENCY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HELA CELLS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; VERO CELLS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 4344575045     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.9.4847-4865.2004     Document Type: Article

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