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Cloning and characterization of the latent membrane protein (LMP) of a specific Epstein-Barr virus variant derived from the nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the Taiwanese population.
Oncogene - 1 Nov 1992
Chen M L, Tsai C N, Liang C L, Shu C H, Huang C R, Sulitzeanu D, Liu S T, Chang Y S
Abstract excerpt
A DNA fragment containing Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) terminal fragment sequence was obtained from a genomic library of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). One of the clones (clone 1510) contained the gene encoding latent membrane protein (LMP). Sequence analysis revealed that this gene had 95% homology...
Topics
- 3T3 Cells
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cloning, Molecular
- Genes, Viral
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans