Identification and functional characterization of BTas transactivator as a DNA-binding protein

Virology

Volumn 405, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 408-413

  Tan, Juan ^a   Hao, Peng ^b   Jia, Rui ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Liu, Ruichang ^a   Wang, Jinzhong ^a   Xi, Zhen ^a   Geng, Yunqi ^a   Qiao, Wentao ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN EYE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bovine foamy virus (BFV); BTas; Tas responsive element (TRE); Transactivator

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOVINE FOAMY VIRUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPUMA VIRUS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SPUMAVIRUS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSFECTION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BOVINE FOAMY VIRUS; HUMAN SPUMARETROVIRUS;

EID: 77955654074     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.05.037     Document Type: Article

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