Article
Fatal attraction: cytomegalovirus-encoded chemokine homologs.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2002
Saederup N, Mocarski E S
Abstract excerpt
Members of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) subfamily of betaherpesviruses infecting primates and rodents encode divergent proteins with sequence characteristics and activities of chemokines, a class of small, secreted proteins that control leukocyte migration and trafficking behavior. Human CMV genes UL146 and UL147 encode proteins with sequence characteristics of CXC chemokines, whereas, murine CMV encodes a CC...
Topics
- Animals
- Chemokine CXCL1
- Chemokines
- Chemokines, CC
- Chemokines, CXC
- Chemotactic Factors
- Cytomegalovirus
- Cytomegalovirus Infections
- Herpesviridae Infections
- Humans
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
