The human foamy virus Bel-1 transcription factor is a sequence-specific DNA binding protein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3902-3908

  Fengling, H E ^a   Blair, Wade S ^a   Fukushima, Jun ^a,b   Cullen, Bryan R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RETROVIRUS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 9344225132     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.6.3902-3908.1996     Document Type: Article

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