An investigation of herpes simplex virus promoter activity compatible with latency establishment reveals VP16-independent activation of immediate-early promoters in sensory neurons

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2575-2585

  Proença, João T ^a   Coleman, Heather M ^a   Nicoll, Michael P ^a   Connor, Viv ^a   Preston, Christopher M ^b   Arthur, Jane ^a,c   Efstathiou, Stacey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW CENTRE FOR VIRUS RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; PROTEIN VP16;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS PROTEIN VMW65; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VIRUS LATENCY;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 80053989915     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.034728-0     Document Type: Article

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