Identification of direct transcriptional targets of the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus Rta lytic switch protein by conditional nuclear localization

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 10709-10723

  Bu, Wei ^a,c   Palmeri, Diana ^a   Krishnan, Raghu ^a   Marin, Roxana ^a   Aris, Virginie M ^a   Soteropoulos, Patricia ^a   Lukac, David M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ICPH E350C ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN RTA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; RTA PROTEIN, HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; K14 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUT 1 GENE; ORF52 GENE; ORF56 GENE; ORF57 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN VARIANT; SOX GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; MURINAE;

CELL NUCLEUS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TAMOXIFEN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 55249092122     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01012-08     Document Type: Article

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