The signaling pathways of Epstein-Barr virus-encoded latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) in latency and cancer

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-247

  Pang, Mei Fong ^a   Lin, Kah Wai ^a   Peh, Suat Cheng ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epstein Barr virus; Latency; Latent membrane protein

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LATENT MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2; LATENT MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2A; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; STAT PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; EBV ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE ANTIGEN, EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EBV-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE ANTIGEN, EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS; MATRIX PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HODGKIN DISEASE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NK T CELL LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS LATENCY; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

ANIMALS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 63449129734     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-008-0045-2     Document Type: Review

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