Publication Date:
1994-07-01
Description:
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transactivator protein, termed Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA2), plays a critical role in the regulation of latent viral transcription and in the immortalization of EBV-infected B cells. Unlike most transcription factors, EBNA2 does not bind directly to its cis-responsive DNA element but requires a cellular factor, termed C-promoter binding factor 1 (CBF1). Here, CBF1 was purified and was found to directly interact with EBNA2. CBF1 is identical to a protein thought to be involved in immunoglobulin gene rearrangement, RBPJ kappa. Contrary to previous reports, CBF1-RBPJ kappa did not bind to the recombination signal sequences but instead bound to sites in the EBV C-promoter and in the CD23 promoter.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Henkel, T -- Ling, P D -- Hayward, S D -- Peterson, M G -- CA42245/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jul 1;265(5168):92-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Tularik Inc, South San Francisco, CA 94080.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8016657" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Antigens, Viral/*genetics
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Base Sequence
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Binding Sites
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DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism
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Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens
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HeLa Cells
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Herpesvirus 4, Human/*genetics/immunology
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein
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Molecular Sequence Data
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*Nuclear Proteins
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*Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Receptors, IgE/genetics
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Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
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*Transcriptional Activation
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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