The Varicella-Zoster virus IE4 protein: A conserved member of the herpesviral mRNA export factors family and a potential alternative target in antiherpetic therapies

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1973-1980

  Ote, Isabelle ^a   Piette, Jacques ^a   Sadzot Delvaux Catherine, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiherpetic therapies; Herpesviral homologues; IE4; MRNA export; VZV

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAVIR; PROTEIN IE4; PROTEIN NFX1; REV PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANTISENSE THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 78049430325     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2010.07.011     Document Type: Review

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